Tap network interface initialization in sandbox
barebox leads to segfault under Debian Buster/Sid.

The problem is that strcpy(dev, ifr.ifr_name) inside
tap_alloc() tries to alter read-only data passed
by tap_probe() and barebox receives SIGSEGV.

Signed-off-by: Antony Pavlov <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/tap.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 1fbfa085b1..d7e32f4875 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 struct tap_priv {
        int fd;
-       char *name;
+       char name[128];
 };
 
 static int tap_eth_send(struct eth_device *edev, void *packet, int length)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int tap_probe(struct device_d *dev)
        int ret = 0;
 
        priv = xzalloc(sizeof(struct tap_priv));
-       priv->name = "barebox";
+       strncpy(priv->name, "barebox", sizeof(priv->name));
 
        priv->fd = tap_alloc(priv->name);
        if (priv->fd < 0) {
-- 
2.20.1


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