[PATCH v2] platform/surface: Replace deprecated strcpy() in surface_button_add()

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Mon Jan 05 2026 - 09:56:02 EST


strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace
it with the safer strscpy(). No functional changes.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove local variable 'name' (Ilpo)
- Update patch subject (Ilpo)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260105121802.1947-2-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/platform/surface/surfacepro3_button.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/surface/surfacepro3_button.c b/drivers/platform/surface/surfacepro3_button.c
index 2755601f979c..e652c85c9161 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/surface/surfacepro3_button.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/surface/surfacepro3_button.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -189,7 +190,6 @@ static int surface_button_add(struct acpi_device *device)
struct surface_button *button;
struct input_dev *input;
const char *hid = acpi_device_hid(device);
- char *name;
int error;

if (strncmp(acpi_device_bid(device), SURFACE_BUTTON_OBJ_NAME,
@@ -210,11 +210,10 @@ static int surface_button_add(struct acpi_device *device)
goto err_free_button;
}

- name = acpi_device_name(device);
- strcpy(name, SURFACE_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME);
+ strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), SURFACE_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME);
snprintf(button->phys, sizeof(button->phys), "%s/buttons", hid);

- input->name = name;
+ input->name = acpi_device_name(device);
input->phys = button->phys;
input->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
input->dev.parent = &device->dev;
@@ -228,8 +227,8 @@ static int surface_button_add(struct acpi_device *device)
goto err_free_input;

device_init_wakeup(&device->dev, true);
- dev_info(&device->dev,
- "%s [%s]\n", name, acpi_device_bid(device));
+ dev_info(&device->dev, "%s [%s]\n", acpi_device_name(device),
+ acpi_device_bid(device));
return 0;

err_free_input:
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
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