* [PATCH] scsi: target: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() in VPD dump functions
@ 2026-03-23 17:13 Kees Cook
2026-03-27 20:33 ` Martin K. Petersen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2026-03-23 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin K. Petersen
Cc: Kees Cook, linux-kernel, linux-scsi, target-devel,
linux-hardening
Replace the deprecated[1] strncpy() with strscpy() in
transport_dump_vpd_proto_id(), transport_dump_vpd_assoc(),
transport_dump_vpd_ident_type(), and transport_dump_vpd_ident().
All four functions follow the same pattern: a local
buf[VPD_TMP_BUF_SIZE] (254 bytes) is zeroed with memset(), populated
via sprintf()/snprintf() (always NUL-terminated), then conditionally
copied to p_buf with strncpy(). The p_buf destination is used as a
C string by all callers in target_core_configfs.c: strlen(buf) and
sprintf(page+len, "%s", buf) to build sysfs output.
NUL-padding is not required: callers in target_core_configfs.c
pre-zero p_buf with memset() or initializer before calling these
functions, and consume p_buf only as a NUL-terminated C string via
strlen() and "%s", never exposing trailing bytes.
No behavioral change: the source buf is always NUL-terminated and
shorter than VPD_TMP_BUF_SIZE, so strscpy() produces identical output.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index a7330c4fedde..a1b8f581185e 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ void transport_dump_vpd_proto_id(
}
if (p_buf)
- strncpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
+ strscpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
else
pr_debug("%s", buf);
}
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ int transport_dump_vpd_assoc(
}
if (p_buf)
- strncpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
+ strscpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
else
pr_debug("%s", buf);
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ int transport_dump_vpd_ident_type(
if (p_buf) {
if (p_buf_len < strlen(buf)+1)
return -EINVAL;
- strncpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
+ strscpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
} else {
pr_debug("%s", buf);
}
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ int transport_dump_vpd_ident(
}
if (p_buf)
- strncpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
+ strscpy(p_buf, buf, p_buf_len);
else
pr_debug("%s", buf);
--
2.34.1
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* Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() in VPD dump functions
2026-03-23 17:13 [PATCH] scsi: target: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() in VPD dump functions Kees Cook
@ 2026-03-27 20:33 ` Martin K. Petersen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Martin K. Petersen @ 2026-03-27 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kees Cook
Cc: Martin K. Petersen, linux-kernel, linux-scsi, target-devel,
linux-hardening
Kees,
> Replace the deprecated[1] strncpy() with strscpy() in
> transport_dump_vpd_proto_id(), transport_dump_vpd_assoc(),
> transport_dump_vpd_ident_type(), and transport_dump_vpd_ident().
Applied to 7.1/scsi-staging, thanks!
--
Martin K. Petersen
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