* [PATCH] m68knommu: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in init_ucsimm
@ 2026-01-18 17:33 Thorsten Blum
2026-01-18 23:23 ` Greg Ungerer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-01-18 17:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Ungerer, Geert Uytterhoeven; +Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-m68k, linux-kernel
strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace
it with the safer strscpy().
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Compile-tested only.
---
arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c b/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
index c54fde75eae8..6b84e826040f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
* for more details.
*/
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <asm/bootstd.h>
#include <asm/machdep.h>
#include <asm/MC68VZ328.h>
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ void __init init_ucsimm(char *command, int size)
pr_info("uCsimm/uCdimm hwaddr %pM\n", p);
p = getbenv("APPEND");
if (p)
- strcpy(p, command);
+ strscpy(p, command, size);
else
command[0] = 0;
}
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
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* Re: [PATCH] m68knommu: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in init_ucsimm
2026-01-18 17:33 [PATCH] m68knommu: Replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in init_ucsimm Thorsten Blum
@ 2026-01-18 23:23 ` Greg Ungerer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Greg Ungerer @ 2026-01-18 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thorsten Blum, Geert Uytterhoeven; +Cc: linux-m68k, linux-kernel
Hi Thorsten,
On 19/1/26 03:33, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
> on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace
> it with the safer strscpy().
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Thanks, applied to m68knommu git tree, for-next branch.
Regards
Greg
> ---
> Compile-tested only.
> ---
> arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c b/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
> index c54fde75eae8..6b84e826040f 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
> +++ b/arch/m68k/68000/ucsimm.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> * for more details.
> */
> #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> #include <asm/bootstd.h>
> #include <asm/machdep.h>
> #include <asm/MC68VZ328.h>
> @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ void __init init_ucsimm(char *command, int size)
> pr_info("uCsimm/uCdimm hwaddr %pM\n", p);
> p = getbenv("APPEND");
> if (p)
> - strcpy(p, command);
> + strscpy(p, command, size);
> else
> command[0] = 0;
> }
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