strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Replace memset() and strncpy() with strscpy_pad() to copy the version string and fill the remaining bytes in the destination buffer with NUL bytes. This avoids zeroing the memory before copying the string.
Compile-tested only. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <[email protected]> --- Changes in v2: - Use len instead of len - 1 - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/ --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index c7ebae24b09f..968cefb497eb 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -7236,8 +7236,7 @@ static int hpsa_controller_hard_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev, static void init_driver_version(char *driver_version, int len) { - memset(driver_version, 0, len); - strncpy(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1); + strscpy_pad(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len); } static int write_driver_ver_to_cfgtable(struct CfgTable __iomem *cfgtable) -- 2.48.1
