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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] keys: Replace deprecated strncpy in ecryptfs_fill_auth_tok
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:26:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013152627.98231-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)

strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers; use
strscpy_pad() instead to retain the NUL-padding behavior of strncpy().

The destination buffer is initialized using kzalloc() with a 'signature'
size of ECRYPTFS_PASSWORD_SIG_SIZE + 1. strncpy() then copies up to
ECRYPTFS_PASSWORD_SIG_SIZE bytes from 'key_desc', NUL-padding any
remaining bytes if needed, but expects the last byte to be zero.

strscpy_pad() also copies the source string to 'signature', and NUL-pads
the destination buffer if needed, but ensures it's always NUL-terminated
without relying on it being zero-initialized.

strscpy_pad() automatically determines the size of the fixed-length
destination buffer via sizeof() when the optional size argument is
omitted, making an explicit size unnecessary.

In encrypted_init(), the source string 'key_desc' is validated by
valid_ecryptfs_desc() before calling ecryptfs_fill_auth_tok(), and is
therefore NUL-terminated and satisfies the __must_be_cstr() requirement
of strscpy_pad().

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v3:
- Improve commit message
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251010161340.458707-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/

Changes in v2:
- Improve commit message as suggested by Jarkko and Kees
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251009180316.394708-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
 security/keys/encrypted-keys/ecryptfs_format.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/ecryptfs_format.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/ecryptfs_format.c
index 8fdd76105ce3..2fc6f3a66135 100644
--- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/ecryptfs_format.c
+++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/ecryptfs_format.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ int ecryptfs_fill_auth_tok(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *auth_tok,
 	auth_tok->version = (((uint16_t)(major << 8) & 0xFF00)
 			     | ((uint16_t)minor & 0x00FF));
 	auth_tok->token_type = ECRYPTFS_PASSWORD;
-	strncpy((char *)auth_tok->token.password.signature, key_desc,
-		ECRYPTFS_PASSWORD_SIG_SIZE);
+	strscpy_pad(auth_tok->token.password.signature, key_desc);
 	auth_tok->token.password.session_key_encryption_key_bytes =
 		ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES;
 	/*
-- 
2.51.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-13 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-13 15:26 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-10-13 16:11 ` [PATCH v3] keys: Replace deprecated strncpy in ecryptfs_fill_auth_tok Paul Menzel
2025-10-15 11:06   ` Jarkko Sakkinen

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