From: Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@gmail.com>
To: tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech, jmaloy@redhat.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] net: tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:12:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812131223.205450-1-ajithpv.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <GV1P189MB1988E14B7ED2564A4D8D0FFBC6DC2@GV1P189MB1988.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
The `strcpy()` function is deprecated and moving towards code-tree
elimination. Replacing it with `strscpy()` fixes potential buffer
overflow vectors by ensuring safe NULL-termination based on the
destination buffer size limit [1][2].
In `tipc_bearer_get_name()`, the 'name' parameter decays into a pointer,
meaning `sizeof()` cannot capture the underlying array bounds directly.
However, all parent callers allocate this buffer using the
TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME macro.
Replace strcpy() with strscpy() using TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME as the
explicit destination bound length.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88 [2]
Signed-off-by: Ajith P V <ajithpv.linux@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Target net-next tree instead of standard net tree as requested by Tung Quang Nguyen.
- No code changes from v1.
net/tipc/bearer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 05dcd2f9e887..951bb474c7d4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int tipc_bearer_get_name(struct net *net, char *name, u32 bearer_id)
if (!b)
return -EINVAL;
- strcpy(name, b->name);
+ strscpy(name, b->name, TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 7:03 [PATCH] net: tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy Ajith P V
2026-08-12 7:47 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-08-12 13:12 ` Ajith P V [this message]
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2026-08-12 13:22 [PATCH net-next v2] " Ajith P V
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