Re: [PATCH] scsi: bfa: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue May 16 2023 - 14:15:31 EST


> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 9:35 PM Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> > This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> > This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> > overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> > strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook