Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: refactor deprecated strncpy

[Thomas Weißschuh]

On 2023-09-19 05:07:55+0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> A trailing zero is already handled by the kcalloc
> |	*str = kcalloc(element->string.length + 1, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
> ... which makes memcpy() a suitable replacement to strncpy.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - use memcpy over strscpy (thanks Kees)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-v1-1-905297479fe8@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..82e99aec4a33 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);
> +		memcpy(*str, element->string.pointer, element->string.length);

Isn't this now essentially the same as kmemdup_nul()?

>  		str++;
>  	}
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec
> change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-c9f2d8053bef
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>