Re: [PATCH v2] vmcore: replace strncpy with strscpy_pad

Kees Cook
2024-04-04T21:20:32Z

On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 06:39:55PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is in the process of being replaced as it is deprecated [1].
> We should move towards safer and less ambiguous string interfaces.
>
> Looking at vmcoredd_header's definition:
> | struct vmcoredd_header {
> | __u32 n_namesz; /* Name size */
> | __u32 n_descsz; /* Content size */
> | __u32 n_type; /* NT_VMCOREDD */
> | __u8 name[8]; /* LINUX\0\0\0 */
> | __u8 dump_name[VMCOREDD_MAX_NAME_BYTES]; /* Device dump's name */
> | };
> ... we see that @name wants to be NUL-padded.
>
> We're copying data->dump_name which is defined as:
> | char dump_name[VMCOREDD_MAX_NAME_BYTES]; /* Unique name of the dump */
> ... which shares the same size as vdd_hdr->dump_name. Let's make sure we
> NUL-pad this as well.
>
> Use strscpy_pad() which NUL-terminates and NUL-pads its destination
> buffers. Specifically, use the new 2-argument version of strscpy_pad
> introduced in Commit e6584c3964f2f ("string: Allow 2-argument
> strscpy()").
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

Looks good; thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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Kees Cook