RE: [PATCH v2] EDAC/ghes: Replace deprecated strcpy in ghes_edac_report_mem_error
From: Zhuo, Qiuxu
Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 09:35:02 EST
> From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 9:56 PM
> To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>; Borislav Petkov
> <bp@xxxxxxxxx>; Luck, Tony <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH v2] EDAC/ghes: Replace deprecated strcpy in
> ghes_edac_report_mem_error
>
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking on
> the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
> strscpy() instead.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy
> [1]
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Update patch description (Boris)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251031114607.133523-1-
> thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
LGTM, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx>
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