From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hv: utils: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in kvp_register
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:11:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428171104.591947-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. While the
current code works correctly, replace strcpy() with the safer strscpy()
to follow secure coding best practices. Use ->body.kvp_register.version
directly as the destination buffer and remove the local variable.
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
Based on my other patch [1] which needs to be applied first.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260414111008.307220-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
index 6180ebe040ff..336b278b2182 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/connector.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/hyperv.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <hyperv/hvhdk.h>
#include "hyperv_vmbus.h"
@@ -130,18 +131,15 @@ static void kvp_register_done(void)
static int
kvp_register(int reg_value)
{
-
struct hv_kvp_msg *kvp_msg;
- char *version;
int ret;
kvp_msg = kzalloc_obj(*kvp_msg);
if (!kvp_msg)
return -ENOMEM;
- version = kvp_msg->body.kvp_register.version;
kvp_msg->kvp_hdr.operation = reg_value;
- strcpy(version, HV_DRV_VERSION);
+ strscpy(kvp_msg->body.kvp_register.version, HV_DRV_VERSION);
ret = hvutil_transport_send(hvt, kvp_msg, sizeof(*kvp_msg),
kvp_register_done);
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