strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers [1]. Replace memset() and strncpy() with strscpy_pad() to copy the version string and fill the remaining bytes in the destination buffer with NUL bytes. This avoids zeroing the memory before copying the string. Compile-tested only. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 84d8de07b7ae..1334886b68d0 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -7238,8 +7238,7 @@ static int hpsa_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev, static void init_driver_version(char *driver_version, int len) { - memset(driver_version, 0, len); - strncpy(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1); + strscpy_pad(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1); } static int write_driver_ver_to_cfgtable(struct CfgTable __iomem *cfgtable) -- 2.48.1
