Re: [PATCH] net: usb: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sat Oct 14 2023 - 12:33:57 EST


On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 10:33:34PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> Other implementations of .*get_drvinfo use strscpy so this patch brings
> sr_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>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew