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strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers; use strscpy() instead. The destination buffer db_root is only used with "%s" format strings and must therefore be NUL-terminated, but not NUL-padded. Use scnprintf() because snprintf() could return a value >= DB_ROOT_LEN and lead to an out-of-bounds access. This doesn't happen because count is explicitly checked against DB_ROOT_LEN before. However, scnprintf() always returns the number of characters actually written to the string buffer, which is always within the bounds of db_root_stage, and should be preferred over snprintf(). The size parameter of strscpy() is optional and since DB_ROOT_LEN is the size of the destination buffer, it can be removed. Remove it to simplify the code. Compile-tested only. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/105 Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250302225641.245127-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
============
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 reStructuredText 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.