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author | Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> | 2023-10-13 20:53:33 +0000 |
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committer | Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com> | 2023-10-18 11:31:36 +0300 |
commit | 24709752bfe8bc0147c9379a6ec8fe8d75874066 (patch) | |
tree | a314d9368f2a0894734684d92a5d0b15414770dd /tools/perf/scripts/python/gecko.py | |
parent | 2180f7ac0abeee63cc608b1c084764b67832596c (diff) |
wifi: ath5k: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.
We expect led->name to be NUL-terminated based on the presence of a
manual NUL-byte assignment.
This NUL-byte assignment was added in Commit daf9669bea30aa22 ("ath5k:
ensure led name is null terminated"). If strscpy() had existed and had
been used back when this code was written then potential bugs and the
need to manually NUL-terminate could have been avoided. Since we now
have the technology, let's use it :)
Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
without unnecessarily NUL-padding. If NUL-padding is required let's opt
for strscpy_pad().
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>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231013-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ath-ath5k-led-c-v1-1-3acb0b5a21f2@google.com
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