[PATCH] rust: uaccess: avoid unsafe unwrap_unchecked() in strcpy_into_buf()

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 02:16:51 EST


Since strcpy_into_buf() already rejects empty buffers, use ok_or()
instead of unwrap_unchecked() when NUL-terminating the buffer.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/uaccess.rs | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
index 5f6c4d7a1a51..2a0af795e75d 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
@@ -422,9 +422,7 @@ pub fn strcpy_into_buf<'buf>(self, buf: &'buf mut [u8]) -> Result<&'buf CStr> {
// This means that we filled the buffer exactly. In this case, we add a NUL-terminator
// and return it. Unlike the `len < dst.len()` branch, don't modify `len` because it
// already represents the length including the NUL-terminator.
- //
- // SAFETY: Due to the check at the beginning, the buffer is not empty.
- unsafe { *buf.last_mut().unwrap_unchecked() = 0 };
+ *buf.last_mut().ok_or(EINVAL)? = 0;
}

// This method consumes `self`, so it can only be called once, thus we do not need to