Re: [PATCH] drm/gma500: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Mar 03 2025 - 13:48:20 EST


On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 09:39:32PM +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>

Yup, the adapter var is already zeroed out, so even if NUL padding is
needed, it is already present.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook