[PATCH] net/ipv4: Replace tcp_ca_get_name_by_key()'s strncpy() with strscpy()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 13:17:04 EST


Replace the deprecated[1] use of strncpy() in tcp_ca_get_name_by_key().
The only caller passes the results to nla_put_string(), so trailing
padding is not needed.

Since passing "buffer" decays it to a pointer, the size can't be
trivially determined by the compiler. ca->name is the same length,
so strscpy() won't fail (when ca->name is NUL-terminated). Include the
length explicitly instead of using the 2-argument strscpy().

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 28ffcfbeef14..2a303a7cba59 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ char *tcp_ca_get_name_by_key(u32 key, char *buffer)

rcu_read_lock();
ca = tcp_ca_find_key(key);
- if (ca)
- ret = strncpy(buffer, ca->name,
- TCP_CA_NAME_MAX);
+ if (ca) {
+ strscpy(buffer, ca->name, TCP_CA_NAME_MAX);
+ ret = buffer;
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();

return ret;
--
2.34.1