[PATCH] gdrom: use strscpy in probe_gdrom_{setupcd,setupdisk}

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 10:06:03 EST


strcpy() has been deprecated¹ because it performs no bounds checking on
the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows.

While the current code works correctly, replace strcpy() with the safer
strscpy() to follow secure coding best practices.

¹ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile-tested only. Adding arch/sh/ maintainers since that's the only
platform where this driver can be used.
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 4ba4dd06cbf4..5768dc1aebc0 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/cdrom.h>
#include <linux/bio.h>
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ static void probe_gdrom_setupcd(void)
{
gd.cd_info->ops = &gdrom_ops;
gd.cd_info->capacity = 1;
- strcpy(gd.cd_info->name, GDROM_DEV_NAME);
+ strscpy(gd.cd_info->name, GDROM_DEV_NAME);
gd.cd_info->mask = CDC_CLOSE_TRAY|CDC_OPEN_TRAY|CDC_LOCK|
CDC_SELECT_DISC;
}
@@ -719,7 +720,7 @@ static void probe_gdrom_setupdisk(void)
gd.disk->first_minor = 1;
gd.disk->minors = 1;
gd.disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
- strcpy(gd.disk->disk_name, GDROM_DEV_NAME);
+ strscpy(gd.disk->disk_name, GDROM_DEV_NAME);
}

static int probe_gdrom_setupqueue(void)