Re: [PATCH] um: vector: refactor deprecated strncpy

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:22:30 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it
> guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is
> _not_ the case for `strncpy`!
> 
> In this case, we are able to drop the now superfluous `... - 1`
> instances because `strscpy` will automatically truncate the last byte by
> setting it to a NUL byte if the source size exceeds the destination size
> or if the source string is not NUL-terminated.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] um: vector: refactor deprecated strncpy
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/30bed99e0c63

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook