Re: [PATCH v4] kobject: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

Kees Cook
2023-09-15T05:31:23Z

On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:01:04 +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().
>
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] kobject: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/68a39dfd6f94

Take care,

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Kees Cook