From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>,
Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>,
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
Daniel Thompson <daniel@riscstar.com>,
kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with memmove() in vkdb_printf()
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:26:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250812132621.119641-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
strcpy() is deprecated and its behavior is undefined when the source and
destination buffers overlap. Use memmove() instead to avoid any
undefined behavior.
Adjust comments for clarity.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use memmove() because of strcpy()'s undefined behavior with
overlapping buffers as suggested by Doug Anderson
- Compile-tested only
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250811170351.68985-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 9b11b10b120c..b12b9db75c1d 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
* it, depending on the results of the search.
*/
cp++; /* to byte after the newline */
- replaced_byte = *cp; /* remember what/where it was */
- cphold = cp;
+ replaced_byte = *cp; /* remember what it was */
+ cphold = cp; /* remember where it was */
*cp = '\0'; /* end the string for our search */
/*
@@ -732,8 +732,9 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
* Shift the buffer left.
*/
*cphold = replaced_byte;
- strcpy(kdb_buffer, cphold);
- len = strlen(kdb_buffer);
+ len = strlen(cphold);
+ /* Use memmove() because the buffers overlap */
+ memmove(kdb_buffer, cphold, len + 1);
next_avail = kdb_buffer + len;
size_avail = sizeof(kdb_buffer) - len;
goto kdb_print_out;
@@ -872,8 +873,9 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
*/
if (kdb_grepping_flag && !suspend_grep) {
*cphold = replaced_byte;
- strcpy(kdb_buffer, cphold);
- len = strlen(kdb_buffer);
+ len = strlen(cphold);
+ /* Use memmove() because the buffers overlap */
+ memmove(kdb_buffer, cphold, len + 1);
next_avail = kdb_buffer + len;
size_avail = sizeof(kdb_buffer) - len;
}
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-12 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-12 13:26 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-08-12 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with memmove() in vkdb_printf() Doug Anderson
2025-08-15 14:32 ` Daniel Thompson
2025-08-15 14:56 ` Thorsten Blum
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