`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.
We know `fw_type` must be NUL-terminated based on use here:
| static bool fw_type_is_auto(void)
| {
| return strncmp(fw_type, LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_AUTO,
| sizeof(LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_AUTO)) == 0;
| }
...and here
| module_param_string(fw_type, fw_type, sizeof(fw_type), 0444);
Let's opt to NUL-pad the destination buffer as well so that we maintain
the same exact behavior that `strncpy` provided here.
A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it
guarantees both NUL-termination and NUL-padding on the destination
buffer.
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]
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
---
Note: build-tested only.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 100daadbea2a..34f02a8ec2ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static int load_firmware(struct octeon_device *oct)
if (fw_type_is_auto()) {
tmp_fw_type = LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_NIC;
- strncpy(fw_type, tmp_fw_type, sizeof(fw_type));
+ strscpy_pad(fw_type, tmp_fw_type, sizeof(fw_type));
} else {
tmp_fw_type = fw_type;
}
---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id:
20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-cavium-liquidio-lio_main-c-b05f78661635
Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
