Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Loongson2ef: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 10:54:50PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Use
> strscpy() instead and remove the manual NUL-termination.
> 
> Compile-tested only.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/mips/loongson2ef/common/machtype.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson2ef/common/machtype.c b/arch/mips/loongson2ef/common/machtype.c
> index 82f6de49f20f..e635e66d2e6c 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/loongson2ef/common/machtype.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/loongson2ef/common/machtype.c
> @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ void __init prom_init_machtype(void)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  	p += strlen("machtype=");
> -	strncpy(str, p, MACHTYPE_LEN);
> -	str[MACHTYPE_LEN] = '\0';
> +	strscpy(str, p);
>  	p = strstr(str, " ");
>  	if (p)
>  		*p = '\0';
> -- 
> 2.48.1

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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