[PATCH v2] tracing: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy() for stack_trace_filter_buf

From: Devaansh Kumar
Date: Fri Apr 04 2025 - 09:31:43 EST


strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers and must
be replaced by strscpy().

See issue: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90

Signed-off-by: Devaansh Kumar <devaanshk840@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_stack.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index 5a48dba912ea..982b1c88fce2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2008 Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
*
*/
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
#include <linux/stacktrace.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
@@ -543,8 +544,10 @@ static __init int enable_stacktrace(char *str)
{
int len;

- if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "_filter=")))
- strncpy(stack_trace_filter_buf, str + len, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ len = str_has_prefix(str, "_filter=");
+
+ if (len)
+ strscpy(stack_trace_filter_buf, str + len, sizeof(stack_trace_filter_buf));

stack_tracer_enabled = 1;
return 1;
--
2.47.1