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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
	Daniel Thompson <danielt@kernel.org>,
	Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	Daniel Thompson <daniel@riscstar.com>,
	kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with memmove() in vkdb_printf()
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:26:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250812132621.119641-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)

strcpy() is deprecated and its behavior is undefined when the source and
destination buffers overlap. Use memmove() instead to avoid any
undefined behavior.

Adjust comments for clarity.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use memmove() because of strcpy()'s undefined behavior with
  overlapping buffers as suggested by Doug Anderson
- Compile-tested only
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250811170351.68985-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 9b11b10b120c..b12b9db75c1d 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 		 * it, depending on the results of the search.
 		 */
 		cp++;	 	     /* to byte after the newline */
-		replaced_byte = *cp; /* remember what/where it was */
-		cphold = cp;
+		replaced_byte = *cp; /* remember what it was */
+		cphold = cp;	     /* remember where it was */
 		*cp = '\0';	     /* end the string for our search */
 
 		/*
@@ -732,8 +732,9 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 			 * Shift the buffer left.
 			 */
 			*cphold = replaced_byte;
-			strcpy(kdb_buffer, cphold);
-			len = strlen(kdb_buffer);
+			len = strlen(cphold);
+			/* Use memmove() because the buffers overlap */
+			memmove(kdb_buffer, cphold, len + 1);
 			next_avail = kdb_buffer + len;
 			size_avail = sizeof(kdb_buffer) - len;
 			goto kdb_print_out;
@@ -872,8 +873,9 @@ int vkdb_printf(enum kdb_msgsrc src, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	 */
 	if (kdb_grepping_flag && !suspend_grep) {
 		*cphold = replaced_byte;
-		strcpy(kdb_buffer, cphold);
-		len = strlen(kdb_buffer);
+		len = strlen(cphold);
+		/* Use memmove() because the buffers overlap */
+		memmove(kdb_buffer, cphold, len + 1);
 		next_avail = kdb_buffer + len;
 		size_avail = sizeof(kdb_buffer) - len;
 	}
-- 
2.50.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-08-12 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-12 13:26 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-08-12 16:24 ` [PATCH v2] kdb: Replace deprecated strcpy() with memmove() in vkdb_printf() Doug Anderson
2025-08-15 14:32   ` Daniel Thompson
2025-08-15 14:56     ` Thorsten Blum

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