[PATCH] n64cart: use strscpy() in n64cart_probe
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Sun Apr 26 2026 - 08:00:38 EST
strcpy() has been deprecated¹ because it performs no bounds checking on
the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. While the
current code works correctly, replace strcpy() with the safer strscpy()
to follow secure coding best practices.
¹ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/n64cart.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/n64cart.c b/drivers/block/n64cart.c
index b9fdeff31caf..328da73b6f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/n64cart.c
+++ b/drivers/block/n64cart.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
enum {
PI_DRAM_REG = 0,
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ static int __init n64cart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
disk->flags = GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
disk->fops = &n64cart_fops;
disk->private_data = &pdev->dev;
- strcpy(disk->disk_name, "n64cart");
+ strscpy(disk->disk_name, "n64cart");
set_capacity(disk, size >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
set_disk_ro(disk, 1);