[PATCH] net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

[PATCH] net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

[Justin Stitt]

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/smsc.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
index c88edb19d2e7..1c7306a1af13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
@@ -507,10 +507,8 @@ static void smsc_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) {
-		strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
-		       smsc_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++)
+		ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", smsc_hw_stats[i].string);
 }
 
 static u64 smsc_get_stat(struct phy_device *phydev, int i)

---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-75dff87bab53

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

Re: [PATCH] net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

[Simon Horman]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 10:27:52PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> 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\("

I agree that this is functionally equivalent.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH] net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:27:52 +0000 you wrote:
> 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.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4ddc1f1f7339

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