[PATCH] enclosure: bound sysfs link name construction

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 23:11:32 EST


enclosure_link_name() prefixes the component device name with "enclosure_device:" in a fixed 64-byte stack buffer. The helper currently uses strcpy() and strcat() with no remaining-space check even though the component device name itself can approach the same length.

Switch the helper to bounded formatting and propagate an error when the prefixed link name does not fit.

Fixes: cb6b7f40630f ("[SCSI] ses: fix up functionality after class_device->device conversion")
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/enclosure.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
index cf6382981777..f09707ca02e8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
@@ -182,17 +182,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(enclosure_unregister);
#define ENCLOSURE_NAME_SIZE 64
#define COMPONENT_NAME_SIZE 64

-static void enclosure_link_name(struct enclosure_component *cdev, char *name)
+static int enclosure_link_name(struct enclosure_component *cdev, char *name)
{
- strcpy(name, "enclosure_device:");
- strcat(name, dev_name(&cdev->cdev));
+ if (snprintf(name, ENCLOSURE_NAME_SIZE, "enclosure_device:%s",
+ dev_name(&cdev->cdev)) >= ENCLOSURE_NAME_SIZE)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
}

static void enclosure_remove_links(struct enclosure_component *cdev)
{
char name[ENCLOSURE_NAME_SIZE];

- enclosure_link_name(cdev, name);
+ if (enclosure_link_name(cdev, name))
+ return;

/*
* In odd circumstances, like multipath devices, something else may
@@ -214,7 +218,12 @@ static int enclosure_add_links(struct enclosure_component *cdev)
if (error)
return error;

- enclosure_link_name(cdev, name);
+ error = enclosure_link_name(cdev, name);
+ if (error) {
+ sysfs_remove_link(&cdev->cdev.kobj, "device");
+ return error;
+ }
+
error = sysfs_create_link(&cdev->dev->kobj, &cdev->cdev.kobj, name);
if (error)
sysfs_remove_link(&cdev->cdev.kobj, "device");
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)