* [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_helper.c: Replace strlcpy() with strscpy()
@ 2021-01-09 13:27 B K Karthik
2021-01-27 12:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: B K Karthik @ 2021-01-09 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Johan Hovold, Alex Elder, Greg Kroah-Hartman, greybus-dev, devel,
linux-kernel
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In gbaudio_remove_controls() , replace the usage of strlcpy() with
strscpy() because strlcpy() only limits the *destination*
size, and the source is always read fully.
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
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Signed-off-by: B K Karthik <bkkarthik@pesu.pes.edu>
---
drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
index 3011b8abce38..1ed4772d2771 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int gbaudio_remove_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct device *dev,
snprintf(id.name, sizeof(id.name), "%s %s", prefix,
control->name);
else
- strlcpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name));
+ strscpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name));
id.numid = 0;
id.iface = control->iface;
id.device = control->device;
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* Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_helper.c: Replace strlcpy() with strscpy()
2021-01-09 13:27 [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_helper.c: Replace strlcpy() with strscpy() B K Karthik
@ 2021-01-27 12:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2021-01-27 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: B K Karthik; +Cc: Johan Hovold, Alex Elder, greybus-dev, devel, linux-kernel
On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 06:57:31PM +0530, B K Karthik wrote:
> In gbaudio_remove_controls() , replace the usage of strlcpy() with
> strscpy() because strlcpy() only limits the *destination*
> size, and the source is always read fully.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
> was quoted by checkpatch while showing this warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: B K Karthik <bkkarthik@pesu.pes.edu>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
> index 3011b8abce38..1ed4772d2771 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_helper.c
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int gbaudio_remove_controls(struct snd_card *card, struct device *dev,
> snprintf(id.name, sizeof(id.name), "%s %s", prefix,
> control->name);
> else
> - strlcpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name));
> + strscpy(id.name, control->name, sizeof(id.name));
Is this something that matters here? Isn't the string coming from the
kernel (i.e. a trusted source), or if not, where is it coming from?
thanks,
greg k-h
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