[PATCH v2 1/7] scsi: mpi3mr: replace deprecated strncpy with assignments

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Wed Feb 28 2024 - 17:59:54 EST


Really, there's no bug with the current code. Let's just ditch strncpy()
all together.

We can just copy the const strings instead of reserving room on the
stack.

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>

---
changes from v1->v2:
* use const char* assignments rather than strscpy (thanks Finn+Kees)
---
drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
index 528f19f782f2..da0710cdac1d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_fw.c
@@ -3676,7 +3676,7 @@ static const struct {
* mpi3mr_print_ioc_info - Display controller information
* @mrioc: Adapter instance reference
*
- * Display controller personalit, capability, supported
+ * Display controller personality, capability, supported
* protocols etc.
*
* Return: Nothing
@@ -3685,20 +3685,20 @@ static void
mpi3mr_print_ioc_info(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc)
{
int i = 0, bytes_written = 0;
- char personality[16];
+ const char *personality;
char protocol[50] = {0};
char capabilities[100] = {0};
struct mpi3mr_compimg_ver *fwver = &mrioc->facts.fw_ver;

switch (mrioc->facts.personality) {
case MPI3_IOCFACTS_FLAGS_PERSONALITY_EHBA:
- strncpy(personality, "Enhanced HBA", sizeof(personality));
+ personality = "Enhanced HBA";
break;
case MPI3_IOCFACTS_FLAGS_PERSONALITY_RAID_DDR:
- strncpy(personality, "RAID", sizeof(personality));
+ personality = "RAID";
break;
default:
- strncpy(personality, "Unknown", sizeof(personality));
+ personality = "Unknown";
break;
}


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