On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:13:10AM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote: > Ensures that the string is null-terminate in connection with the > use of strncpy, by switching from strncpy to strzcpy. > I wish the changelogs were more clear that we have no reason to think this is a real issue. > Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcs_lport.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcs_lport.c b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcs_lport.c > index ff75ef8..78af89e 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcs_lport.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_fcs_lport.c > @@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ bfa_fcs_fdmi_get_hbaattr(struct bfa_fcs_lport_fdmi_s *fdmi, > strncpy(hba_attr->driver_version, (char *)driver_info->version, > sizeof(hba_attr->driver_version)); Why do we not change this one? > > - strncpy(hba_attr->os_name, driver_info->host_os_name, > + strzcpy(hba_attr->os_name, driver_info->host_os_name, > sizeof(hba_attr->os_name)); strlcpy() would also be totally safe here. It's also safe for patch patch 3 and patch 4. Patch 5 is trickier to audit so I don't know if strlcpy() is safe. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html