From nobody Thu Feb 12 05:17:10 2026 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF27DEEAA71 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229697AbjINVk5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:40:57 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41738 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229472AbjINVkz (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:40:55 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-x114a.google.com (mail-yw1-x114a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::114a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2315E10C3 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yw1-x114a.google.com with SMTP id 00721157ae682-59beb3a8291so17007907b3.1 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:40:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20230601; t=1694727650; x=1695332450; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:mime-version:date:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yg6NbhhS6bNBw/im5wDGZLYsqmgcXnTvleG//pORS78=; b=0aVZQDcPxW9vqBUD5lokonAdN0omVw+fVFqi1FwSebHZ9fv9DT4cN0DrlwPZbsWqP+ 8N58N/u8KPo/w/ixO2UKpiw/80Yeh69t2zbBinK8YsbZHeM49GesrttM5d8WMuOxz33m eD+3PkxmcIvipq2dznue6VcQq4/C1/IHltWYaNTy3d/DbtUcVkgsXn9ArGuiJGq3Zg3j sFZrSlLCyvOLzJdPVNOsfebYE8tyBgRfym9YwYNfiLQx10mdU0AF1tmvyopUPJHIL7Pc 5lt8lOO/CdqRjKmTUl6Uo46LVMg0noF1R6B3+hY8UCyZq1wQHfyf+53JmwEGZoNzHFWQ wdJQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1694727650; x=1695332450; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:mime-version:date:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=yg6NbhhS6bNBw/im5wDGZLYsqmgcXnTvleG//pORS78=; b=R6Y2bSGQIL6tPefeoh4bOrS5s2ejttk2KSVOKmX4UJ9hGKnaoKuJJnCXPD8WDuzfdM e/FCP+13NfPQmNLOut9gGB5bXrccwSn3bm5ffhGoEK+lVzs0xw9JSowfdTxe3z7pYg/O jmj37/818aqVrprnqHvnBxuAncjLXtzPx2YleE1AnPtrcSEok8t0zbEzE9C5AItvDinJ p4Tpz/3iB70Iqao163Lo7t6R+BPhEOshPvzjnEEKyUcM5LxAmVidTv5gMfhx20eWY4Xb 6l5XLKATvwNGhpIiCwUyLl9wvYOHYz8j444RGYdw5JLZm7oPyrzOrpOVonE4QHNue3le iXrA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yzliip+13P93L8EQWMjoId0dw21JQu+n80AM4aejW2e7JHb6pAi thbRpGYdCl+D90XDnLptgTKRVa7mOz6hGpDtXA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHIwo1uxVWE4qpMcXDY+I8QuHt0NGAH38LuWxAvqb8Hw+peynTElFPrZBbvCY+tn1X9WNxQ4+n8wAYBwLiIEw== X-Received: from jstitt-linux1.c.googlers.com ([fda3:e722:ac3:cc00:2b:ff92:c0a8:23b5]) (user=justinstitt job=sendgmr) by 2002:a05:690c:d8f:b0:59b:ea96:887f with SMTP id da15-20020a05690c0d8f00b0059bea96887fmr125429ywb.0.1694727650404; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:40:49 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-B4-Tracking: v=1; b=H4sIAOF9A2UC/x2Nyw6CMBAAf4Xs2U1oSwL4K8ZDLQtuTB/Z2ioh/ LuNt5nLzAGZhCnDtTtAqHLmGJqoSwfuacNGyEtz0L02/awGzG8JLu24CFeSjFsqjT2GWCrZgqG +PLoohCuL/9gGDsdZaW0mMz1GDS2dhFb+/re3+3n+AGeHtrSGAAAA X-Developer-Key: i=justinstitt@google.com; a=ed25519; pk=tC3hNkJQTpNX/gLKxTNQKDmiQl6QjBNCGKJINqAdJsE= X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1694727649; l=1779; i=justinstitt@google.com; s=20230717; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=veRS+F8fLCXOEB+IwiJ2Jr1EVTbkT3rdWvzzy6w4YBI=; b=mxTJZ6DGijn6/IfaObu6+S9iqoBOFL/VXV+IETu4YWEw2MiDJWtx0Af8fFwoaDQuBhONmsZIu cVfnCIxjq5WDEKO2xTXXXVEW93KmK0oIwx+SXuNXj091829J4/96aii X-Mailer: b4 0.12.3 Message-ID: <20230914-strncpy-drivers-gpu-drm-nouveau-nvkm-core-firmware-c-v1-1-3aeae46c032f@google.com> Subject: [PATCH] drm/nouveau/core: refactor deprecated strncpy From: Justin Stitt To: Ben Skeggs , Karol Herbst , Lyude Paul , David Airlie , Daniel Vetter Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, Justin Stitt Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. There is likely no bug in the current implementation due to the safeguard: | cname[sizeof(cname) - 1] =3D '\0'; ... however we can provide simpler and easier to understand code using the newer (and recommended) `strscpy` api. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncp= y-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.htm= l [2] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul --- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/firmware.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/firmware.c b/drivers/gpu/drm= /nouveau/nvkm/core/firmware.c index 91fb494d4009..374212da9e95 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/firmware.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/core/firmware.c @@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ nvkm_firmware_get(const struct nvkm_subdev *subdev, const= char *fwname, int ver, int i; =20 /* Convert device name to lowercase */ - strncpy(cname, device->chip->name, sizeof(cname)); - cname[sizeof(cname) - 1] =3D '\0'; + strscpy(cname, device->chip->name, sizeof(cname)); i =3D strlen(cname); while (i) { --i; --- base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-gpu-drm-nouveau-nvkm-core-firmware-c-79= 1223838b72 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt