3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> commit cfda2794b5afe7ce64ee9605c64bef0e56a48125 upstream. function 'strncpy' will fill whole buffer 'id.name' of fixed size (32) with string value and will not leave place for NULL-terminator. Possible buffer boundaries violation in following string operations. Replace strncpy with strlcpy. Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static int mei_cl_device_probe(struct de dev_dbg(dev, "Device probe\n"); - strncpy(id.name, dev_name(dev), sizeof(id.name)); + strlcpy(id.name, dev_name(dev), sizeof(id.name)); return driver->probe(device, &id); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html