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From: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
To: masahiroy@kernel.org, nicolas.schier@linux.dev,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] kconfig/lxdialog: replace strcpy() with strncpy() in inputbox.c
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:14:33 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250727164433.203775-1-suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com> (raw)

strcpy() performs no bounds checking and can lead to buffer overflows if
the input string exceeds the destination buffer size. This patch replaces
it with strncpy(), and null terminates the input string.

Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
index 3c6e24b20f5b..5e4a131724f2 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ int dialog_inputbox(const char *title, const char *prompt, int height, int width
 
 	if (!init)
 		instr[0] = '\0';
-	else
-		strcpy(instr, init);
+	else {
+		strncpy(instr, init, sizeof(dialog_input_result) - 1);
+		instr[sizeof(dialog_input_result) - 1] = '\0';
+	}
 
 do_resize:
 	if (getmaxy(stdscr) <= (height - INPUTBOX_HEIGHT_MIN))
-- 
2.50.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-07-27 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-27 16:44 Suchit Karunakaran [this message]
2025-07-27 19:19 ` [PATCH v3] kconfig/lxdialog: replace strcpy() with strncpy() in inputbox.c Nicolas Schier
2025-07-28  3:59   ` Suchit K
2025-07-28  4:29 ` Greg KH
2025-07-28  4:48   ` Suchit K
2025-07-28  5:20     ` Greg KH
     [not found]       ` <CAO9wTFi+atf1vwMrDJBa-X4W5UcQ8K80spgiGhMyhZj4aRJ3Zw@mail.gmail.com>
2025-07-28  5:39         ` Suchit K
2025-07-29 13:40   ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-07-29 13:41 ` Masahiro Yamada

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