Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: ipw2x00: refactor to use kstrtoul

[Kalle Valo]

Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 01:23:06AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
>> The current implementation seems to reinvent what `kstrtoul` already does
>> in terms of functionality and error handling. Remove uses of `simple_strtoul()`
>> in favor of `kstrtoul()`.
>> 
>> There is the following note at `lib/vsprintf.c:simple_strtoull()` which
>> further backs this change:
>> | * This function has caveats. Please use kstrtoull (or kstrtoul) instead.
>> 
>> And here, simple_str* are explicitly deprecated [3].
>> 
>> This patch also removes an instance of the deprecated `strncpy` which helps [2].
>> 
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202308011602.3CC1C0244C@keescook/ [1]
>> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [2]
>> Link:
>> https://docs.kernel.org/process/deprecated.html#simple-strtol-simple-strtoll-simple-strtoul-simple-strtoull
>> [3]
>> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This looks correct to me. I would be curious to hear back from the intel
> folks if the interface continues to work correctly with real hardware.
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This is ancient hardware, not sure if anyone even have a working setup.
And even if they would have one I doubt anyone uses this sysfs interface
for anything.

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