[PATCH net 1/3] net: stmmac: replace memcpy with strscpy in ethtool

From: Konrad Leszczynski
Date: Thu Aug 28 2025 - 05:58:21 EST


Fix kernel exception by replacing memcpy with strscpy when used with
safety feature strings in ethtool logic.

[ +0.000023] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in stmmac_get_strings+0x17d/0x520 [stmmac]
[ +0.000115] Read of size 32 at addr ffffffffc0cfab20 by task ethtool/2571

[ +0.000005] Call Trace:
[ +0.000004] <TASK>
[ +0.000003] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x90
[ +0.000016] print_report+0xce/0x610
[ +0.000011] ? stmmac_get_strings+0x17d/0x520 [stmmac]
[ +0.000108] ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0xd/0xa0
[ +0.000008] ? stmmac_get_strings+0x17d/0x520 [stmmac]
[ +0.000101] kasan_report+0xd4/0x110
[ +0.000010] ? stmmac_get_strings+0x17d/0x520 [stmmac]
[ +0.000102] kasan_check_range+0x3a/0x1c0
[ +0.000010] __asan_memcpy+0x24/0x70
[ +0.000008] stmmac_get_strings+0x17d/0x520 [stmmac]

Fixes: 8bf993a5877e8a0a ("net: stmmac: Add support for DWMAC5 and implement Safety Features")
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Basierski <sebastian.basierski@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Leszczynski <konrad.leszczynski@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 77758a7299b4..0433be4bd0c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ static void stmmac_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
if (!stmmac_safety_feat_dump(priv,
&priv->sstats, i,
NULL, &desc)) {
- memcpy(p, desc, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
+ strscpy(p, desc, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
p += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
}
}
--
2.34.1