From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Don Brace <don.brace@microchip.com>,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
storagedev@microchip.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] scsi: hpsa: Remove deprecated and unnecessary strncpy()
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:43:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250214114302.86001-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
While replacing strncpy() with strscpy(), Bart Van Assche pointed out
that the code occurs inside sysfs write callbacks, which already uses
NUL-terminated strings. This allows the string to be passed directly to
sscanf() without requiring a temporary copy.
Remove the deprecated and unnecessary strncpy() and the corresponding
local variables, and pass the buffer buf directly to sscanf().
Replace sscanf() with kstrtoint() to silence checkpatch warnings.
Compile-tested only.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Adjust len to copy the same number of bytes as with strncpy()
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250212222214.86110-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
Changes in v3:
- Remove strncpy() and tmpbuf et al and use buf directly as suggested by
Bart Van Assche and Kees Cook
- Replace sscanf() with kstrtoint() as suggested by David Laight
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20250213195332.1464-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index 84d8de07b7ae..bb65954b1b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -453,17 +453,13 @@ static ssize_t host_store_hp_ssd_smart_path_status(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- int status, len;
+ int status;
struct ctlr_info *h;
struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
- char tmpbuf[10];
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
return -EACCES;
- len = count > sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 ? sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 : count;
- strncpy(tmpbuf, buf, len);
- tmpbuf[len] = '\0';
- if (sscanf(tmpbuf, "%d", &status) != 1)
+ if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &status))
return -EINVAL;
h = shost_to_hba(shost);
h->acciopath_status = !!status;
@@ -477,17 +473,13 @@ static ssize_t host_store_raid_offload_debug(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- int debug_level, len;
+ int debug_level;
struct ctlr_info *h;
struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
- char tmpbuf[10];
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
return -EACCES;
- len = count > sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 ? sizeof(tmpbuf) - 1 : count;
- strncpy(tmpbuf, buf, len);
- tmpbuf[len] = '\0';
- if (sscanf(tmpbuf, "%d", &debug_level) != 1)
+ if (kstrtoint(buf, 10, &debug_level))
return -EINVAL;
if (debug_level < 0)
debug_level = 0;
--
2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-02-14 11:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-14 11:43 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-02-18 18:11 ` [PATCH v3] scsi: hpsa: Remove deprecated and unnecessary strncpy() Bart Van Assche
2025-02-19 1:53 ` Martin K. Petersen
2025-02-25 0:32 ` Martin K. Petersen
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