From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>, Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Replace strncpy() with strnlen()+memcpy() in skel_map_create()
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:10:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202603242109.171584E8@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAADnVQK+hMnUkv5TfOGfiVR+nf59bBX+zaHOvcp5zSZTpdJB_Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 09:31:09AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> And please keep ignoring it.
> It's not broken. Don't fix it.
Okay. I'm confused, though: what's your plan for when strncpy is removed
from the kernel?
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 4:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 4:05 [PATCH] libbpf: Replace strncpy() with strnlen()+memcpy() in skel_map_create() Kees Cook
2026-03-24 5:25 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-24 14:40 ` sun jian
2026-03-24 14:42 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-24 15:28 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-24 15:38 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-24 16:23 ` Kees Cook
2026-03-24 16:31 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-25 4:10 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-03-25 15:48 ` Alexei Starovoitov
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