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strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first. This read may exceed the destination size limit. This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated[1]. Additionally, it returns the size of the source string, not the resulting size of the destination string. In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely[2], replace strlcpy() here with strscpy(). Nothing checks the return value here, so a direct replacement with strspy() is possible. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy [1] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89 [2] Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> Cc: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com> Cc: <linux-bcachefs@vger.kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240110235438.work.385-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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.