Re: [PATCH] hv: utils: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in kvp_register

[Wei Liu]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 07:11:05PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] 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. Use ->body.kvp_register.version
> directly as the destination buffer and remove the local variable.
> 
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied. Thanks.