[PATCH] net: netcp: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 17:05:46 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.

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.

Other implementations of .*get_drvinfo also use strscpy so this patch
brings keystone_get_drvinfo() in line as well:

igb/igb_ethtool.c +851
static void igb_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,

igbvf/ethtool.c
167:static void igbvf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,

i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
1999:static void i40e_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,

e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
529:static void e1000_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,

ixgbevf/ethtool.c
211:static void ixgbevf_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,

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.

Found with: $ rg "strncpy\("
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
index 2adf82a32bf6..02cb6474f6dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
@@ -1735,8 +1735,8 @@ static const struct netcp_ethtool_stat xgbe10_et_stats[] = {
static void keystone_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *ndev,
struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
{
- strncpy(info->driver, NETCP_DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
- strncpy(info->version, NETCP_DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
+ strscpy(info->driver, NETCP_DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
+ strscpy(info->version, NETCP_DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
}

static u32 keystone_get_msglevel(struct net_device *ndev)

---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-ti-netcp_ethss-c-305a53873cfc

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