In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h:15, from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h:13, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:21, from ./include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5, from ./arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm/preempt.h:1, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:78, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/wait.h:9, from ./include/linux/completion.h:12, from ./include/linux/mlx5/driver.h:37, from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/eq.h:6, from drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c:33: In function 'strncpy', inlined from 'mlx5_fw_tracer_save_trace' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c:549:2, inlined from 'mlx5_tracer_print_trace' at drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c:574:2: ./include/linux/string.h:305:9: warning: '__builtin_strncpy' output may be truncated copying 256 bytes from a string of length 511 [-Wstringop-truncation] return __builtin_strncpy(p, q, size); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fix it by using the new strscpy_pad() since the commit 458a3bf82df4 ("lib/string: Add strscpy_pad() function") which will always NUL-terminate the string, and avoid possibly leak data through the ring buffer where non-admin account might enable these events through perf. Fixes: fd1483fe1f9f ("net/mlx5: Add support for FW reporter dump") Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c index 8a4930c8bf62..2011eaf15cc5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void mlx5_fw_tracer_save_trace(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer, trace_data->timestamp = timestamp; trace_data->lost = lost; trace_data->event_id = event_id; - strncpy(trace_data->msg, msg, TRACE_STR_MSG); + strscpy_pad(trace_data->msg, msg, TRACE_STR_MSG); tracer->st_arr.saved_traces_index = (tracer->st_arr.saved_traces_index + 1) & (SAVED_TRACES_NUM - 1); -- 1.8.3.1