From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> 'err' is used as a NUL-terminated string, but using strncpy() with the length equal to the buffer size may result in lack of the termination: kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c: In function 'hist_err_event': kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:396:3: error: 'strncpy' specified bound 256 equals destination size [-Werror=stringop-truncation] strncpy(err, var, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); This changes it to use the safer strscpy() instead. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180328140920.2842153-1-arnd@xxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: f404da6e1d46 ("tracing: Add 'last error' error facility for hist triggers") Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 046c716a6536..aae18af94c94 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static void hist_err_event(char *str, char *system, char *event, char *var) else if (system) snprintf(err, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL, "%s.%s", system, event); else - strncpy(err, var, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); + strscpy(err, var, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); hist_err(str, err); } -- 2.17.1