From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>,
Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/setup: replace strlcat() with snprintf() in setup_arch()
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:17:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604131752.1327556-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
In preparation to remove strlcat() from the kernel [1], replace two
strlcat() calls with one snprintf() call in setup_arch().
Also drop the explicit size argument of strscpy() to further simplify
the code since strscpy() can determine the size automatically when the
destination buffer has a fixed length.
[1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 46882ce79c3a..b11b0ce31a27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/root_dev.h>
+#include <linux/sprintf.h>
#include <linux/static_call.h>
#include <linux/sysfb.h>
#include <linux/swiotlb.h>
@@ -915,16 +916,18 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
strscpy(boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
#else
if (builtin_cmdline[0]) {
+ size_t len = strnlen(builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+
/* append boot loader cmdline to builtin */
- strlcat(builtin_cmdline, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
- strlcat(builtin_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ snprintf(builtin_cmdline + len, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - len, " %s",
+ boot_command_line);
strscpy(boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
}
#endif
builtin_cmdline_added = true;
#endif
- strscpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ strscpy(command_line, boot_command_line);
*cmdline_p = command_line;
/*
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 13:17 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-06-05 4:41 ` [PATCH] x86/setup: replace strlcat() with snprintf() in setup_arch() Andy Shevchenko
2026-06-05 15:42 ` Thorsten Blum
2026-06-05 15:55 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-06-05 18:05 ` Thorsten Blum
2026-06-05 18:28 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-06-06 10:12 ` David Laight
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