strcpy() performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer. This could result in linear overflows beyond the end of the buffer, leading to all kinds of misbehaviors. The safe replacement is strscpy(). Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c index 2214aca09730..9502f6aa5306 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct net_device *r8712_init_netdev(void) if (!pnetdev) return NULL; if (dev_alloc_name(pnetdev, ifname) < 0) { - strcpy(ifname, "wlan%d"); + strscpy(ifname, "wlan%d", sizeof(ifname)); dev_alloc_name(pnetdev, ifname); } padapter = netdev_priv(pnetdev); -- 2.25.1