[PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] i40e: use scnprintf over strncpy+strncat
From: Justin Stitt
Date: Tue Oct 10 2023 - 18:27:32 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.
Moreover, `strncat` shouldn't really be used either as per
fortify-string.h:
* Do not use this function. While FORTIFY_SOURCE tries to avoid
* read and write overflows, this is only possible when the sizes
* of @p and @q are known to the compiler. Prefer building the
* string with formatting, via scnprintf() or similar.
Instead, use `scnprintf` with "%s%s" format string. This code is now
more readable and robust.
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/i40e/i40e_ddp.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
index 0e72abd178ae..ec25e4be250f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
@@ -438,10 +438,9 @@ int i40e_ddp_flash(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_flash *flash)
char profile_name[sizeof(I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH)
+ I40E_DDP_PROFILE_NAME_MAX];
- profile_name[sizeof(profile_name) - 1] = 0;
- strncpy(profile_name, I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH,
- sizeof(profile_name) - 1);
- strncat(profile_name, flash->data, I40E_DDP_PROFILE_NAME_MAX);
+ scnprintf(profile_name, sizeof(profile_name), "%s%s",
+ I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH, flash->data);
+
/* Load DDP recipe. */
status = request_firmware(&ddp_config, profile_name,
&netdev->dev);
--
2.42.0.609.gbb76f46606-goog