From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>,
Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>,
Kirk Reiser <kirk@reisers.ca>,
speakup@linux-speakup.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] accessibility: speakup: refactor deprecated strncpy
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:58:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230824215806.3ulejc2gsapcl2mw@begin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230824-strncpy-drivers-accessibility-speakup-kobjects-c-v1-1-3a1ef1221e90@google.com>
Justin Stitt, le jeu. 24 août 2023 21:44:29 +0000, a ecrit:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
>
> Use `strscpy` as it guarantees NUL-termination of its destination buffer [2]
> which allows for simpler and less ambiguous code.
>
> Also, change `strlen(buf)` to `strlen(ptr)` to be consistent with
> further usage within the scope of the function. Note that these are
> equivalent:
> |419 const char *ptr = buf;
>
> Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1]
> Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
> ---
> drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> index a7522d409802..8aa416c5f3fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> +++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/kobjects.c
> @@ -422,12 +422,11 @@ static ssize_t synth_direct_store(struct kobject *kobj,
> if (!synth)
> return -EPERM;
>
> - len = strlen(buf);
> + len = strlen(ptr);
> spin_lock_irqsave(&speakup_info.spinlock, flags);
> while (len > 0) {
> bytes = min_t(size_t, len, 250);
> - strncpy(tmp, ptr, bytes);
> - tmp[bytes] = '\0';
> + strscpy(tmp, ptr, bytes);
> string_unescape_any_inplace(tmp);
> synth_printf("%s", tmp);
> ptr += bytes;
>
> ---
> base-commit: f9604036a3fb6149badf346994b46b03f9292db7
> change-id: 20230824-strncpy-drivers-accessibility-speakup-kobjects-c-4009e7df0936
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-24 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-24 21:44 [PATCH] accessibility: speakup: refactor deprecated strncpy Justin Stitt
2023-08-24 21:58 ` Samuel Thibault [this message]
2023-08-25 21:49 ` Kees Cook
2023-08-25 22:41 ` Justin Stitt
2023-09-16 23:08 ` Samuel Thibault
2023-09-18 5:31 ` Justin Stitt
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