[PATCH v2] tracing: replace multiple deprecated strncpy with memcpy

[Justin Stitt]

strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and
as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.

String copy operations involving manual pointer offset and length
calculations followed by explicit NUL-byte assignments are best changed
to either strscpy or memcpy.

strscpy is not a drop-in replacement as @len would need a one subtracted
from it to avoid truncating the source string.

To not sabotage readability of the current code, use memcpy (retaining
the manual NUL assignment) as this unambiguously describes the desired
behavior.

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]
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- use memcpy instead of strscpy (thanks Steven)
- No longer breaks Steven's test:

$ echo 'common_pid != 0 && common_pid != 120 && common_pid != 1253 &&
  common_pid != 17 && common_pid != 394 && common_pid != 81 &&
  common_pid != 87' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/filter

- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240930-strncpy-kernel-trace-trace_events_filter-c-v1-1-feed30820b83@xxxxxxxxxx
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 0c611b281a5b..78051de581e7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 				goto err_free;
 			}
 
-			strncpy(num_buf, str + s, len);
+			memcpy(num_buf, str + s, len);
 			num_buf[len] = 0;
 
 			ret = kstrtoul(num_buf, 0, &ip);
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 		if (!pred->regex)
 			goto err_mem;
 		pred->regex->len = len;
-		strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+		memcpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
 		pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;
 
 	} else if (!strncmp(str + i, "CPUS", 4)) {
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 		if (!pred->regex)
 			goto err_mem;
 		pred->regex->len = len;
-		strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+		memcpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
 		pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;
 
 		filter_build_regex(pred);
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 			goto err_free;
 		}
 
-		strncpy(num_buf, str + s, len);
+		memcpy(num_buf, str + s, len);
 		num_buf[len] = 0;
 
 		/* Make sure it is a value */

---
base-commit: bc83b4d1f08695e85e85d36f7b803da58010161d
change-id: 20240930-strncpy-kernel-trace-trace_events_filter-c-f44a3f848518

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>