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strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. Based on other assignments of similar fw_version fields we can see that NUL-termination is required but not NUL-padding: ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c 1111: strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->eeprom_id, 1112: sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version)); ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c 147: scnprintf(adapter->fw_version, 148: sizeof(adapter->fw_version), 153: strscpy(drvinfo->fw_version, adapter->fw_version, 154: sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version)); wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c 569: strscpy(info->fw_version, drvr->fwver, sizeof(info->fw_version)); wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c 7867: snprintf(wlc->wiphy->fw_version, 7868: sizeof(wlc->wiphy->fw_version), "%u.%u", rev, patch); wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c 1765: snprintf(wiphy->fw_version, sizeof(wiphy->fw_version), "%u.%u", wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c 2730: snprintf(wiphy->fw_version, sizeof(wiphy->fw_version), "%u.%u", wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c 1465: snprintf(priv->hw->wiphy->fw_version, 1466: sizeof(priv->hw->wiphy->fw_version), wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c 5905: snprintf(info->fw_version, sizeof(info->fw_version), "%s:%d:%s", A suitable replacement is `strscpy` due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] 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 <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231018-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ti-wl1251-main-c-v2-1-67b63dfcb1b8@google.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.