[PATCH] perf: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

[PATCH] perf: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

[Azeem Shaikh]

strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
This read may exceed the destination size limit.
This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
strlcpy() here with strscpy().
No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89

Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 78ae7b6f90fd..2554f5fc70dc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8249,7 +8249,7 @@ static void perf_event_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
 	unsigned int size;
 
 	memset(comm, 0, sizeof(comm));
-	strlcpy(comm, comm_event->task->comm, sizeof(comm));
+	strscpy(comm, comm_event->task->comm, sizeof(comm));
 	size = ALIGN(strlen(comm)+1, sizeof(u64));
 
 	comm_event->comm = comm;
@@ -8704,7 +8704,7 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 	}
 
 cpy_name:
-	strlcpy(tmp, name, sizeof(tmp));
+	strscpy(tmp, name, sizeof(tmp));
 	name = tmp;
 got_name:
 	/*
@@ -9128,7 +9128,7 @@ void perf_event_ksymbol(u16 ksym_type, u64 addr, u32 len, bool unregister,
 	    ksym_type == PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL_TYPE_UNKNOWN)
 		goto err;
 
-	strlcpy(name, sym, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
+	strscpy(name, sym, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
 	name_len = strlen(name) + 1;
 	while (!IS_ALIGNED(name_len, sizeof(u64)))
 		name[name_len++] = '\0';
-- 
2.41.0.255.g8b1d071c50-goog

Re: [PATCH] perf: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:58:16PM +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
> 
> Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook

Re: [PATCH] perf: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:58:16 +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] perf: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/c9732f1461f9

Best regards,
-- 
Kees Cook