[PATCH] hwmon: refactor deprecated strncpy

[Justin Stitt]

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].

We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.

A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees
NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
index fa28d447f0df..9bafe7c85ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static int read_capabilities(struct acpi_power_meter_resource *resource)
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		strncpy(*str, element->string.pointer, element->string.length);
+		strscpy(*str, element->string.pointer, element->string.length);
 		str++;
 	}
 

---
base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec
change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-c9f2d8053bef

Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>