From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>,
stable@dpdk.org, Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] examples: use strlcpy and strlcat
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:27:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624102734.789631-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260623154109.722441-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Replace strncpy and other unbounded string functions, e.g. strcpy,
strcat, with the safer alternatives strlcpy and strlcat, so that we can
guarantee null termination of strings.
Fixes: 4bbf8e30aa5e ("examples/ip_pipeline: add CLI interface")
Fixes: 5f657a7fbe86 ("examples/pipeline: add message passing mechanism")
Fixes: 83f58a7b7b0a ("examples/pipeline: add commands for direct registers")
Fixes: 0d547ed03717 ("examples/ipsec-secgw: support configuration file")
Fixes: 63e8c07c7245 ("examples/ipsec-secgw: fix configuration parsing")
Fixes: 41e97c2ea9e6 ("examples/l2fwd-crypto: extend crypto information")
Fixes: e8ae9b662506 ("examples/vm_power: channel manager and monitor in host")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Radu Nicolau <radu.nicolau@intel.com>
---
V2: add string_fns.h header to two pipeline and ip_pipeline examples, to
fix builds on older distros without a built-in strlcpy fn.
---
examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c | 6 ++++--
examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c | 4 ++--
examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c | 12 ++++++------
examples/pipeline/cli.c | 4 ++--
examples/pipeline/conn.c | 6 ++++--
examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 3 +--
6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c
index 30fca80c14..b2406b7af1 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/conn.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
#include "conn.h"
#define MSG_CMD_TOO_LONG "Command too long."
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ conn_init(struct conn_params *p)
}
/* Fill in */
- strncpy(conn->welcome, p->welcome, CONN_WELCOME_LEN_MAX);
- strncpy(conn->prompt, p->prompt, CONN_PROMPT_LEN_MAX);
+ strlcpy(conn->welcome, p->welcome, CONN_WELCOME_LEN_MAX + 1);
+ strlcpy(conn->prompt, p->prompt, CONN_PROMPT_LEN_MAX + 1);
conn->buf_size = p->buf_size;
conn->msg_in_len_max = p->msg_in_len_max;
conn->msg_out_len_max = p->msg_out_len_max;
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
index 866ba04b86..b5068765b6 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ parse_key_string(const char *key_str, uint8_t *key)
if (pt_end == NULL) {
if (strlen(pt_start) > 2)
return 0;
- strncpy(sub_str, pt_start, 2);
+ memcpy(sub_str, pt_start, 2);
} else {
if (pt_end - pt_start > 2)
return 0;
- strncpy(sub_str, pt_start, pt_end - pt_start);
+ memcpy(sub_str, pt_start, pt_end - pt_start);
pt_start = pt_end + 1;
}
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c b/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
index ff189b5fab..22ad825c91 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
@@ -1576,19 +1576,19 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
char string_aead_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
if (options->cipher_xform.cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
- strcpy(string_cipher_op, "Encrypt");
+ strlcpy(string_cipher_op, "Encrypt", sizeof(string_cipher_op));
else
- strcpy(string_cipher_op, "Decrypt");
+ strlcpy(string_cipher_op, "Decrypt", sizeof(string_cipher_op));
if (options->auth_xform.auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE)
- strcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth generate");
+ strlcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth generate", sizeof(string_auth_op));
else
- strcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth verify");
+ strlcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth verify", sizeof(string_auth_op));
if (options->aead_xform.aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT)
- strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated encryption");
+ strlcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated encryption", sizeof(string_aead_op));
else
- strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated decryption");
+ strlcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated decryption", sizeof(string_aead_op));
printf("Options:-\nn");
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/cli.c b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
index 215b4061d5..901706fab9 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/cli.c
+++ b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ parse_table_entry(struct rte_swx_ctl_pipeline *p,
line[0] = 0;
for (i = 0; i < n_tokens; i++) {
if (i)
- strcat(line, " ");
+ strlcat(line, " ", MAX_LINE_SIZE);
- strcat(line, tokens[i]);
+ strlcat(line, tokens[i], MAX_LINE_SIZE);
}
/* Read the table entry from the input buffer. */
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/conn.c b/examples/pipeline/conn.c
index e168c4ddaa..5fb033904f 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/conn.c
+++ b/examples/pipeline/conn.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
#include "conn.h"
#define MSG_CMD_TOO_LONG "Command too long."
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ conn_init(struct conn_params *p)
}
/* Fill in */
- strncpy(conn->welcome, p->welcome, CONN_WELCOME_LEN_MAX);
- strncpy(conn->prompt, p->prompt, CONN_PROMPT_LEN_MAX);
+ strlcpy(conn->welcome, p->welcome, CONN_WELCOME_LEN_MAX + 1);
+ strlcpy(conn->prompt, p->prompt, CONN_PROMPT_LEN_MAX + 1);
conn->buf_size = p->buf_size;
conn->msg_in_len_max = p->msg_in_len_max;
conn->msg_out_len_max = p->msg_out_len_max;
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
index b69449c61d..339c7fbb93 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
@@ -875,8 +875,7 @@ add_vm(const char *vm_name)
rte_free(new_domain);
return -1;
}
- strncpy(new_domain->name, vm_name, sizeof(new_domain->name));
- new_domain->name[sizeof(new_domain->name) - 1] = '\0';
+ strlcpy(new_domain->name, vm_name, sizeof(new_domain->name));
memset(new_domain->channel_mask, 0, RTE_MAX_LCORE);
new_domain->num_channels = 0;
--
2.53.0
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2026-06-23 15:41 [PATCH] examples: use strlcpy and strlcat Bruce Richardson
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