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

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Sat May 20, 2023 at 12:11 AM EEST, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu May 18, 2023 at 7:15 AM EEST, Azeem Shaikh 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>
> > > ---
> > >  security/keys/request_key_auth.c |    2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > index 41e9735006d0..8f33cd170e42 100644
> > > --- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > +++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const char *op,
> > >       if (!rka->callout_info)
> > >               goto error_free_rka;
> > >       rka->callout_len = callout_len;
> > > -     strlcpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
> > > +     strscpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
> > >
> > >       /* see if the calling process is already servicing the key request of
> > >        * another process */
> >
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Since you maintain this code Jarkko, are you planning to merge this
> into your tree or would you prefer the KSPP folks merge it?

I can pick it.

BR, Jarkko