[PATCH] platform: Replace deprecated strcpy in platform_device_alloc
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Fri Oct 31 2025 - 08:20:05 EST
First, use struct_size(), which provides additional compile-time checks
for structures with flexible array members (e.g., __must_be_array()), to
calculate the number of bytes to allocate for a new 'platform_object'.
Then, since we know the length of 'name' and that it is guaranteed to be
NUL-terminated, replace the deprecated strcpy() with a simple memcpy().
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/platform.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 09450349cf32..55ec4fb023e2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/of_device.h>
#include <linux/of_irq.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -577,10 +578,11 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id)
{
struct platform_object *pa;
+ size_t name_len = strlen(name);
- pa = kzalloc(sizeof(*pa) + strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ pa = kzalloc(struct_size(pa, name, name_len + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
if (pa) {
- strcpy(pa->name, name);
+ memcpy(pa->name, name, name_len + 1);
pa->pdev.name = pa->name;
pa->pdev.id = id;
device_initialize(&pa->pdev.dev);
--
2.51.1