Re: [PATCH] init: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy_pad

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Apr 04 2024 - 16:52:05 EST


On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 08:39:49PM +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.
>
> data_page wants to be NUL-terminated and NUL-padded, use strscpy_pad to
> provide both of these. data_page no longer awkwardly relies on
> init_mount to perform its NUL-termination, although that sanity check is
> left unchanged.
>
> 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>

This looks good. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook