Re: [PATCH] init/version.c: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Sep 15 2023 - 01:31:16 EST


On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:08:06 +0000, 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().
>
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] init/version.c: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/ec23bc09c1c0

Take care,

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Kees Cook