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

[Justin Stitt]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 1:43 PM Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 2:37 AM Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 04:39:28PM -0700, 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.
> > >
> > > Towards the goal of [2], replace strncpy() with an alternative that
> > > guarantees NUL-termination and NUL-padding for the destination buffer.
> >
> > Hi Justin,
> >
> > I am curious to know why the _pad variant was chosen.
>
> I chose the _pad variant as it matches the behavior of strncpy in this
> context, ensuring minimal functional change. I think the point you're
> trying to get at is that the net_device should be zero allocated to
> begin with -- rendering all thus NUL-padding superfluous. I have some
> questions out of curiosity: 1) do all control paths leading here
> zero-allocate the net_device struct? and 2) does it matter that this
> private data be NUL-padded (I assume not).
>
> With all that being said, I'd be happy to send a v2 using the regular
> strscpy variant if needed.

I just saw [1] so let's go with that, obviously.

>
> >
> > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 [2]
> > > Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html
> > > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Note: build-tested only.
> > > ---
> > >  net/caif/chnl_net.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/net/caif/chnl_net.c b/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> > > index 47901bd4def1..ff37dceefa26 100644
> > > --- a/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> > > +++ b/net/caif/chnl_net.c
> > > @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int chnl_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
> > >       struct chnl_net *priv;
> > >       ASSERT_RTNL();
> > >       priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> > > -     strncpy(priv->name, dev->name, sizeof(priv->name));
> > > +     strscpy_pad(priv->name, dev->name);
> > >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->list_field);
> > >       return 0;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: bc83b4d1f08695e85e85d36f7b803da58010161d
> > > change-id: 20240909-strncpy-net-caif-chnl_net-c-a505e955e697
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > --
> > > Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
>
> I appreciate the review.
>
> Thanks
> Justin

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240911015228.1555779-1-kuba@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks
Justin