[PATCH wireless-next] wifi: cfg80211: use strscpy in cfg80211_wext_giwname

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 20:11:27 EST


strcpy() has been deprecated [1] 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>
---
net/wireless/wext-compat.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
index 1241fda78a68..1d6c60d3ad5b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <net/iw_handler.h>
#include <net/cfg80211.h>
#include <net/cfg80211-wext.h>
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ int cfg80211_wext_giwname(struct net_device *dev,
struct iw_request_info *info,
union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra)
{
- strcpy(wrqu->name, "IEEE 802.11");
+ strscpy(wrqu->name, "IEEE 802.11");
return 0;
}