Re: [PATCH] m68k: mm: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 15:11, Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Use
> strscpy() instead and remove the manual NUL-termination.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

> --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c
> @@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>         setup_initial_init_mm((void *)PAGE_OFFSET, _etext, _edata, _end);
>
>  #if defined(CONFIG_BOOTPARAM)
> -       strncpy(m68k_command_line, CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_STRING, CL_SIZE);
> -       m68k_command_line[CL_SIZE - 1] = 0;
> +       strscpy(m68k_command_line, CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_STRING, CL_SIZE);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_BOOTPARAM */
>         process_uboot_commandline(&m68k_command_line[0], CL_SIZE);
>         *cmdline_p = m68k_command_line;

This seems to be used mostly by Coldfire, so I'll let Greg handle it.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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