RE: [PATCH v4] EDAC/mc: Prefer strscpy over strcpy
From: David Laight <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-25 08:48:35
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linux-hardening, lkml
From: David Laight <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-25 08:48:35
Also in:
linux-hardening, lkml
From: Borislav Petkov
Sent: 24 August 2021 19:26
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so looking at the code, we're merrily decrementing len but nothing's checking whether len can become 0. Because if it does, strscpy() will do: if (count == 0 || WARN_ON_ONCE(count > INT_MAX)) return -E2BIG;
That -E2BIG is going to break something. It means that you always have to do an error check whenever you use the return value of strscpy(). Anything that does: offset += strscpy(...) is broken. It really wasn't a good idea for reporting 'truncated'. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)