From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
acpica-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in acpi_ut_safe_strncpy()
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:01:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202603240100.E64786C688@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJZ5v0hOS7j2f-wkmvarULCS-1+Zio2hOz2ExMvFXN61OPv_tQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 06:31:20PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:
> > [...]
> > kernel APIs before like ACPI_FLEX_ARRAY and similar helpers. However,
> > acpi_ut_safe_strncpy() is an explicit function implementation rather
> > than a macro mapping, so the approach for upstreaming this change to
> > ACPICA is not clear. What's the best way to land this?
>
> I can apply this directly, it shouldn't be a major problem for porting
> patches from the upstream.
Okay, thanks! I wasn't sure if that was going to be a viable approach.
:)
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 8:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 17:24 [PATCH] ACPICA: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in acpi_ut_safe_strncpy() Kees Cook
2026-03-23 17:31 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-03-24 8:01 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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