strncpy() is deprecated [1] and we should prefer less ambiguous interfaces. In this case, arvif->u.ap.ssid has its length maintained by arvif->u.ap.ssid_len which indicates it may not need to be NUL-terminated. Make this explicit with __nonstring and use a plain old memcpy. This is also consistent with future copies into arvif->u.ap.ssid: if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_SSID && vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) { arvif->u.ap.ssid_len = vif->cfg.ssid_len; if (vif->cfg.ssid_len) memcpy(arvif->u.ap.ssid, vif->cfg.ssid, vif->cfg.ssid_len); arvif->u.ap.hidden_ssid = info->hidden_ssid; } Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - update subject to include wifi - prefer memcpy() over strtomem() (thanks Kalle, Jeff) - rebase onto 6.6-rc7 @d88520ad73b79e71 - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231013-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ath-ath10k-mac-c-v1-1-24e40201afa3@xxxxxxxxxx --- Note: build-tested only. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h index 4b5239de4018..ba9795a8378a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ struct ath10k_vif { u8 tim_bitmap[64]; u8 tim_len; u32 ssid_len; - u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN]; + u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN] __nonstring; bool hidden_ssid; /* P2P_IE with NoA attribute for P2P_GO case */ u32 noa_len; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c index 03e7bc5b6c0b..f3f6deb354c6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -6125,9 +6125,8 @@ static void ath10k_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(vif)) { /* mesh doesn't use SSID but firmware needs it */ - strncpy(arvif->u.ap.ssid, "mesh", - sizeof(arvif->u.ap.ssid)); arvif->u.ap.ssid_len = 4; + memcpy(arvif->u.ap.ssid, "mesh", arvif->u.ap.ssid_len); } } --- base-commit: d88520ad73b79e71e3ddf08de335b8520ae41c5c change-id: 20231013-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ath-ath10k-mac-c-c73a55666e6a Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>