From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: phy: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:21:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-nxp-cbtx-c-v1-1-4510f20aa0e6@google.com> (raw)
strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.
ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
---
Note: build-tested only.
Found with: $ rg "strncpy\("
---
drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c
index 145703f0a406..6a2c0c193255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int cbtx_get_sset_count(struct phy_device *phydev)
static void cbtx_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data)
{
- strncpy(data, "100btx_rx_err", ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
+ ethtool_sprintf(&data, "100btx_rx_err");
}
static void cbtx_get_stats(struct phy_device *phydev,
---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-nxp-cbtx-c-266285682759
Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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