[PATCH] igc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Tue Oct 10 2023 - 17:15:45 EST


`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

We expect netdev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its use with format
strings:
| if (q_vector->rx.ring && q_vector->tx.ring)
| sprintf(q_vector->name, "%s-TxRx-%u", netdev->name,

Furthermore, we do not need NUL-padding as netdev is already
zero-allocated:
| netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct igc_adapter),
| IGC_MAX_TX_QUEUES);
...
alloc_etherdev() -> alloc_etherdev_mq() -> alloc_etherdev_mqs() ->
alloc_netdev_mqs() ...
| p = kvzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);

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

Let's also opt for the more idiomatic strscpy usage of (dest, src,
sizeof(dest)) instead of (dest, src, SOME_LEN).

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>
---
Note: build-tested only.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 98de34d0ce07..e9bb403bbacf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -6935,7 +6935,7 @@ static int igc_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
*/
igc_get_hw_control(adapter);

- strncpy(netdev->name, "eth%d", IFNAMSIZ);
+ strscpy(netdev->name, "eth%d", sizeof(netdev->name));
err = register_netdev(netdev);
if (err)
goto err_register;

---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231010-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-igc-igc_main-c-26efa209ddb5

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>