+ gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: gcov: use strscpy() instead of strcpy() in init_node()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Hrushiraj Gandhi <hrushirajg23@gmail.com>
Subject: gcov: use strscpy() instead of strcpy() in init_node()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:19:53 +0530

node->name is a flexible array member sized to exactly strlen(name) + 1
bytes at allocation time in new_node(), so this copy can never actually
overflow.  Still, prefer the bounded strscpy() over strcpy() on general
principle; pass the same strlen(name) + 1 bound the allocation used, since
sizeof() cannot be applied to a flexible array member.

No functional change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831144953.324441-1-hrushirajg23@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Hrushiraj Gandhi <hrushirajg23@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/gcov/fs.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/gcov/fs.c~gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node
+++ a/kernel/gcov/fs.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void init_node(struct gcov_node *
 	}
 	node->parent = parent;
 	if (name)
-		strcpy(node->name, name);
+		strscpy(node->name, name, strlen(name) + 1);
 }
 
 /*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hrushirajg23@gmail.com are

gcov-use-strscpy-instead-of-strcpy-in-init_node.patch