A malloc + strncpy + manual NUL_termination is just kmemdup_nul. Let's use this interface as it is less error-prone and more readable.
Also drop `csraddr_len` as it is just used in a single place and we can just do the arithmetic in-line. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: [email protected] Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c index 1d1f30b5c426..d807d08e2614 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static ssize_t idt_dbgfs_csr_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *ubuf, { struct idt_89hpesx_dev *pdev = filep->private_data; char *colon_ch, *csraddr_str, *csrval_str; - int ret, csraddr_len; + int ret; u32 csraddr, csrval; char *buf; @@ -927,21 +927,16 @@ static ssize_t idt_dbgfs_csr_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *ubuf, * no new CSR value */ if (colon_ch != NULL) { - csraddr_len = colon_ch - buf; - csraddr_str = - kmalloc(csraddr_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + /* Copy the register address to the substring buffer */ + csraddr_str = kmemdup_nul(buf, colon_ch - buf, GFP_KERNEL); if (csraddr_str == NULL) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_buf; } - /* Copy the register address to the substring buffer */ - strncpy(csraddr_str, buf, csraddr_len); - csraddr_str[csraddr_len] = '\0'; /* Register value must follow the colon */ csrval_str = colon_ch + 1; } else /* if (str_colon == NULL) */ { csraddr_str = (char *)buf; /* Just to shut warning up */ - csraddr_len = strnlen(csraddr_str, count); csrval_str = NULL; } --- base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072 change-id: 20230927-strncpy-drivers-misc-eeprom-idt_89hpesx-c-b09ed5507b7d Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
