Re: [PATCH] lib: string.c: Added a funktion function strzcpy

[Rickard Strandqvist]

2014-09-24 17:41 GMT+02:00 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 07:35:55AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:52:06AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 06:17:53PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:13:36AM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
>> > > > Added a function strzcpy which works the same as strncpy,
>> > > > but guaranteed to produce the trailing null character.
>> > >
>> > > Do we really need the bizarre strncpy padding semantics for anything?
>> > > Why not just use strlcpy?
>> >
>> > We do need the padding in many places to prevent information leaks.
>>
>> Like where?
>>
>
> You're asking what would break if we switched every strncpy() to
> strlcpy() but it's not an easy question to answer.
>
> I've looked a lot at information leaks, but strings are still a blind
> spot for my Smatch.  My check only looks at normal variables, arrays.
> Eventually I hope to fix this, of course.
>
> I did a git search and Rickard has added some examples, but there were
> definitely other places that rely strncpy() padding before.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter


Hi

If you want to see examples of this type of error, you can check the
patches I've done over the past two months.
So in linux-next

git log --patch-with-stat

And search for my email address.

And there is also an approximately 20 more patches I waited to see if
I will be able to use a potential strzcpy  :-)


Kind regards
Rickard Strandqvist
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