`strncpy` is deprecated and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer whilst also maintaining the NUL-padding behavior that `strncpy` provides. I am not sure whether NUL-padding is strictly needed but I see in `nvif_object_ctor()` args is memcpy'd elsewhere so I figured we'd keep the same functionality. 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> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c index a3264a0e933a..3a27245f467f 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/client.c @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ nvif_client_ctor(struct nvif_client *parent, const char *name, u64 device, } nop = {}; int ret; - strncpy(args.name, name, sizeof(args.name)); + strscpy_pad(args.name, name, sizeof(args.name)); ret = nvif_object_ctor(parent != client ? &parent->object : NULL, name ? name : "nvifClient", 0, NVIF_CLASS_CLIENT, &args, sizeof(args), --- base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-gpu-drm-nouveau-nvif-client-c-82b023c36953 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
