[PATCH bpf v1 5/7] selftests/bpf: Use strscpy_cat() in the test_loader

From: Ihor Solodrai

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 13:22:53 EST


Replace a pair of strcpy() calls that construct the unpriv test name
with a single strscpy_cat() call. This simplifies the code and adds
bounds checking.

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
index 338c035c3688..af4319566fea 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
@@ -673,18 +673,18 @@ static int parse_test_spec(struct test_loader *tester,

if (spec->mode_mask & UNPRIV) {
int descr_len = strlen(description);
- const char *suffix = " @unpriv";
+ static const char suffix[] = " @unpriv";
+ int name_len = descr_len + sizeof(suffix) + 1;
char *name;

- name = malloc(descr_len + strlen(suffix) + 1);
+ name = malloc(name_len);
if (!name) {
PRINT_FAIL("failed to allocate memory for unpriv.name\n");
err = -ENOMEM;
goto cleanup;
}

- strcpy(name, description);
- strcpy(&name[descr_len], suffix);
+ strscpy_cat(name, name_len, description, suffix);
spec->unpriv.name = name;
}

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