drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
This read may exceed the destination size limit.
This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
strlcpy() here with strscpy().
No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@gmail.com>
---
drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
index b3c226eb5292..58746e570d14 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ int qe_upload_firmware(const struct qe_firmware *firmware)
* saved microcode information and put in the new.
*/
memset(&qe_firmware_info, 0, sizeof(qe_firmware_info));
- strlcpy(qe_firmware_info.id, firmware->id, sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id));
+ strscpy(qe_firmware_info.id, firmware->id, sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id));
qe_firmware_info.extended_modes = be64_to_cpu(firmware->extended_modes);
memcpy(qe_firmware_info.vtraps, firmware->vtraps,
sizeof(firmware->vtraps));
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ struct qe_firmware_info *qe_get_firmware_info(void)
/* Copy the data into qe_firmware_info*/
sprop = of_get_property(fw, "id", NULL);
if (sprop)
- strlcpy(qe_firmware_info.id, sprop,
+ strscpy(qe_firmware_info.id, sprop,
sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id));
of_property_read_u64(fw, "extended-modes",
Duplicate of https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230523021425.2406309-1-azeemshaikh38@gmail.com/. Sorry about that. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@gmail.com> wrote: > > strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first. > This read may exceed the destination size limit. > This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read > overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1]. > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace > strlcpy() here with strscpy(). > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe. > > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89 > > Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c > index b3c226eb5292..58746e570d14 100644 > --- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c > +++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qe/qe.c > @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ int qe_upload_firmware(const struct qe_firmware *firmware) > * saved microcode information and put in the new. > */ > memset(&qe_firmware_info, 0, sizeof(qe_firmware_info)); > - strlcpy(qe_firmware_info.id, firmware->id, sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id)); > + strscpy(qe_firmware_info.id, firmware->id, sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id)); > qe_firmware_info.extended_modes = be64_to_cpu(firmware->extended_modes); > memcpy(qe_firmware_info.vtraps, firmware->vtraps, > sizeof(firmware->vtraps)); > @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ struct qe_firmware_info *qe_get_firmware_info(void) > /* Copy the data into qe_firmware_info*/ > sprop = of_get_property(fw, "id", NULL); > if (sprop) > - strlcpy(qe_firmware_info.id, sprop, > + strscpy(qe_firmware_info.id, sprop, > sizeof(qe_firmware_info.id)); > > of_property_read_u64(fw, "extended-modes", >
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