Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2024-03-29

Re: [PATCH] video/hdmi: prefer length specifier in format over string copying

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2024-03-29 04:04:51
Also in: dri-devel, linux-hardening, lkml

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 11:22:02PM +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.

It looks like the main use of strncpy() here is to limit the amount of
bytes printed from hdmi_log() by using a tmp buffer and limiting the
number of bytes copied. Really, we should use the %.<len>s format
qualifier to achieve this.

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
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

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Kees Cook
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