Re: [PATCH] scsi: hpsa: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy_pad()

[David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:43:53 +0100
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> wrote:

> strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers [1].
> 
> Replace memset() and strncpy() with strscpy_pad() to copy the version
> string and fill the remaining bytes in the destination buffer with NUL
> bytes. This avoids zeroing the memory before copying the string.
> 
> Compile-tested only.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> index 84d8de07b7ae..1334886b68d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> @@ -7238,8 +7238,7 @@ static int hpsa_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  
>  static void init_driver_version(char *driver_version, int len)
>  {
> -	memset(driver_version, 0, len);
> -	strncpy(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1);
> +	strscpy_pad(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1);

Wrong.
That will truncate maximum length strings.

	David

>  }
>  
>  static int write_driver_ver_to_cfgtable(struct CfgTable __iomem *cfgtable)