Re: [PATCH 14/18] kdb_support: change strncpy+truncation to strlcpy

[Dominique Martinet]

Daniel Thompson wrote on Fri, Jul 13, 2018:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 03:25:58AM +0200, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> > Generated by scripts/coccinelle/misc/strncpy_truncation.cocci
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> It would have been good for you to mention in the changelog how
> you reviewed your change to verify that the extra zero padding
> from strncpy() isn't required.

I'm sorry, I went a bit too fast with the send-email button on this
path series; I agree it is lacking.

> However... I have taken a look and can't see any problem so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you for the review, I will update the commit message with more
details and change strlcpy to strscpy in a v2


David Laight wrote on Fri, Jul 13, 2018:
>    > - strncpy(knt1, symtab->sym_name, knt1_size);
>    > - knt1[knt1_size-1] = '\0';
>    > + strlcpy(knt1, symtab->sym_name, knt1_size);
>
>    You'd be better using strscpy() not strlcpy().
>    The return value of strlcpy() is the length of the source string.
>    If the source string isn't '\0' terminated horrid things happen.

I was suggested to use strlcpy for drm and didn't realize this at this
point, but you are correct; strlcpy is far from being as protective.

I'll update the coccinelle patch to use strscpy and resend this.


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(By the way, your e-mail client sends both html and text, but the text
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Dominique Martinet