[PATCH 12/28] fortify: Convert strlcat() to snprintf() in strcat()
From: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-15 08:20:01
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Subsystem:
fortify_source, the rest · Maintainers:
Kees Cook, Linus Torvalds
The fortified implementation of strcat() in include/linux/fortify-string.h currently relies on strlcat() to perform bounded concatenation and detect buffer overflows. In preparation for removing the deprecated strlcat() API[1], replace the strlcat() call in strcat(). When the destination buffer size is unknown (SIZE_MAX), call __underlying_strcat() directly. Otherwise, determine the destination length with __fortify_strlen() and append the source string using __builtin_snprintf(), preserving the existing fortify_panic() check on overflow. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1] Cc: codemender-patching+linux@google.com Assisted-by: SecurityEngineer:Gemini1.5Pro [editor_update_file, shell_command_run, test_runner_run_kunit_test] Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> --- Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> Cc: "James E.J. 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diff --git a/include/linux/fortify-string.h b/include/linux/fortify-string.h
index cf841dc71fef..0b489124bfcb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fortify-string.h
+++ b/include/linux/fortify-string.h@@ -363,7 +363,12 @@ __FORTIFY_INLINE __diagnose_as(__builtin_strcat, 1, 2) char *strcat(char * const POS p, const char *q) { const size_t p_size = __member_size(p); - const size_t wanted = strlcat(p, q, p_size); + + if (p_size == SIZE_MAX) + return __underlying_strcat(p, q); + + const size_t p_len = __fortify_strlen(p); + const size_t wanted = p_len + __builtin_snprintf(p + p_len, p_size - p_len, "%s", q); if (p_size <= wanted) fortify_panic(FORTIFY_FUNC_strcat, FORTIFY_WRITE, p_size, wanted + 1, p);
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