[PATCH v2] um: refactor deprecated strncpy to strtomem

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Tue Aug 08 2023 - 17:28:22 EST


Favor a more robust and less ambiguous interface over `strncpy`.

Use `strtomem` here since `console_buf` is not expected to be
NUL-terminated.

Also mark char buffer as `__nonstring` as per Kees' suggestion here [1]

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]
Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Keep usage of ARRAY_SIZE (thanks Bill)
- Remove unnecessary import (thanks Kees and Bill)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807-arch-um-v1-1-86dbbfb59709@xxxxxxxxxx
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Notes:
I only build tested this patch.

I am also making an assumption that `console_buf` need not be
NUL-terminated. Am I right in believing this?
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arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 5026e7b9adfe..d5fa9c8dcd18 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ struct mconsole_output {

static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(client_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(clients);
-static char console_buf[MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA];
+static char console_buf[MCONSOLE_MAX_DATA] __nonstring;

static void console_write(struct console *console, const char *string,
unsigned int len)
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void console_write(struct console *console, const char *string,

while (len > 0) {
n = min((size_t) len, ARRAY_SIZE(console_buf));
- strncpy(console_buf, string, n);
+ strtomem(console_buf, string);
string += n;
len -= n;


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base-commit: c1a515d3c0270628df8ae5f5118ba859b85464a2
change-id: 20230807-arch-um-3ef24413427e

Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>