Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: target: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

Justin Stitt
2023-08-30T22:11:19Z

On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 09:07:24PM +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().
>
> Direct replacement is safe here since return value of -errno
> is used to check for truncation instead of sizeof(dest).
>
> [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>
> ---
> v2:
> * Replace all instances of strlcpy in this file instead of just 1.
>
> v1:
> * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230830200717.4129442-1-azeemshaikh38@gmail.com/
>
> drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
> index 936e5ff1b209..10a22a428267 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
> @@ -1392,16 +1392,15 @@ static ssize_t target_wwn_vendor_id_store(struct config_item *item,
> /* +2 to allow for a trailing (stripped) '\n' and null-terminator */
> unsigned char buf[INQUIRY_VENDOR_LEN + 2];
> char *stripped = NULL;
> - size_t len;
> + ssize_t len;
> ssize_t ret;
>
> - len = strlcpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> - if (len < sizeof(buf)) {
> + len = strscpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> + if (len > 0) {
> /* Strip any newline added from userspace. */
> stripped = strstrip(buf);
> - len = strlen(stripped);
> }
> - if (len > INQUIRY_VENDOR_LEN) {
> + if (len < 0 || strlen(stripped) > INQUIRY_VENDOR_LEN) {
> pr_err("Emulated T10 Vendor Identification exceeds"
> " INQUIRY_VENDOR_LEN: " __stringify(INQUIRY_VENDOR_LEN)
> "\n");

Should we be explicitly checking for `len == -E2BIG` instead of the more
generic `len < 0`? Perhaps this is a nitpick but I prefer the former.

...

> @@ -1448,16 +1447,15 @@ static ssize_t target_wwn_product_id_store(struct config_item *item,
> /* +2 to allow for a trailing (stripped) '\n' and null-terminator */
> unsigned char buf[INQUIRY_MODEL_LEN + 2];
> char *stripped = NULL;
> - size_t len;
> + ssize_t len;
> ssize_t ret;
>
> - len = strlcpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> - if (len < sizeof(buf)) {
> + len = strscpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> + if (len > 0) {
> /* Strip any newline added from userspace. */
> stripped = strstrip(buf);
> - len = strlen(stripped);
> }
> - if (len > INQUIRY_MODEL_LEN) {
> + if (len < 0 || strlen(stripped) > INQUIRY_MODEL_LEN) {
> pr_err("Emulated T10 Vendor exceeds INQUIRY_MODEL_LEN: "
> __stringify(INQUIRY_MODEL_LEN)
> "\n");

... and here

> @@ -1504,16 +1502,15 @@ static ssize_t target_wwn_revision_store(struct config_item *item,
> /* +2 to allow for a trailing (stripped) '\n' and null-terminator */
> unsigned char buf[INQUIRY_REVISION_LEN + 2];
> char *stripped = NULL;
> - size_t len;
> + ssize_t len;
> ssize_t ret;
>
> - len = strlcpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> - if (len < sizeof(buf)) {
> + len = strscpy(buf, page, sizeof(buf));
> + if (len > 0) {
> /* Strip any newline added from userspace. */
> stripped = strstrip(buf);
> - len = strlen(stripped);
> }
> - if (len > INQUIRY_REVISION_LEN) {
> + if (len < 0 || strlen(stripped) > INQUIRY_REVISION_LEN) {
> pr_err("Emulated T10 Revision exceeds INQUIRY_REVISION_LEN: "
> __stringify(INQUIRY_REVISION_LEN)
> "\n");

... and here

> --
> 2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog
>
>

At any rate, this is a worthwhile change for the reasons you mentioned.

Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>