From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@redhat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in tracepoint error paths
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:22:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323172204.work.979-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
Replace the deprecated[1] strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in the
xfile_create and xmbuf_create tracepoints.
Both tracepoints use file_path() to resolve a pathname into
__entry->pathname (a char[MAXNAMELEN] trace ring buffer field). On
failure, the error path overwrites the buffer with the string literal
"(unknown)" via strncpy(). The original strncpy() zero-pads the
remaining 246 bytes (MAXNAMELEN is 256, "(unknown)" is 10 bytes
including NUL).
strscpy_pad() preserves this zero-padding, which matters because the
destination is a trace ring buffer entry: ring buffer slots are not
zeroed on allocation, and the raw buffer is readable by userspace via
tracefs. The zero-padding ensures no stale data remains in the
buffer after the error path overwrites it.
The source is a 10-byte string literal into a 256-byte destination,
so there is no behavioral change.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h | 3 +--
fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
index 39ea651cbb75..46c420f51129 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h
@@ -980,8 +980,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xfile_create,
__entry->ino = file_inode(xf->file)->i_ino;
path = file_path(xf->file, __entry->pathname, MAXNAMELEN);
if (IS_ERR(path))
- strncpy(__entry->pathname, "(unknown)",
- sizeof(__entry->pathname));
+ strscpy_pad(__entry->pathname, "(unknown)");
),
TP_printk("xfino 0x%lx path '%s'",
__entry->ino,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 813e5a9f57eb..9f9fb86097ed 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -5101,8 +5101,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xmbuf_create,
__entry->ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
path = file_path(file, __entry->pathname, MAXNAMELEN);
if (IS_ERR(path))
- strncpy(__entry->pathname, "(unknown)",
- sizeof(__entry->pathname));
+ strscpy_pad(__entry->pathname, "(unknown)");
),
TP_printk("dev %d:%d xmino 0x%lx path '%s'",
MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 17:22 Kees Cook [this message]
2026-03-23 18:24 ` [PATCH] xfs: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in tracepoint error paths Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-23 19:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-03-23 20:56 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-23 20:19 ` David Laight
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