[PATCH] net: phy: smsc: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 18:27:57 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.

ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function.

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/phy/smsc.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
index c88edb19d2e7..1c7306a1af13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
@@ -507,10 +507,8 @@ static void smsc_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data)
{
int i;

- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++) {
- strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
- smsc_hw_stats[i].string, ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
- }
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smsc_hw_stats); i++)
+ ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", smsc_hw_stats[i].string);
}

static u64 smsc_get_stat(struct phy_device *phydev, int i)

---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-smsc-c-75dff87bab53

Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>