The deprecated helper 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() [1]. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1] Hongbo Li (6): net: prefer strscpy over strcpy net/ipv6: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy net/netrom: prefer strscpy over strcpy net/netfilter: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy net/tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy net/ipv4: net: prefer strscpy over strcpy net/core/dev.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 2 +- net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 2 +- net/netfilter/xt_recent.c | 2 +- net/netrom/nr_route.c | 4 ++-- net/tipc/bearer.c | 2 +- 8 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) -- 2.34.1
