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We know `txselect_list` is expected to be NUL-terminated based on its use in `param_get_string()`: | int param_get_string(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp) | { | const struct kparam_string *kps =3D kp->str; | return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", kps->string); | } Note that `txselect_list` is assigned to `kp_txselect`'s string field: | static struct kparam_string kp_txselect =3D { | .string =3D txselect_list, | .maxlen =3D MAX_ATTEN_LEN | }; Wherein it is then assigned the set and get methods: | module_param_call(txselect, setup_txselect, param_get_string, | &kp_txselect, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO); Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. 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 --- Note: build-tested --- drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c b/drivers/infiniband/h= w/qib/qib_iba7322.c index 9d2dd135b784..f93906d8fc09 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c @@ -6127,7 +6127,7 @@ static int setup_txselect(const char *str, const stru= ct kernel_param *kp) TXDDS_TABLE_SZ + TXDDS_EXTRA_SZ + TXDDS_MFG_SZ); return -EINVAL; } - strncpy(txselect_list, str, ARRAY_SIZE(txselect_list) - 1); + strscpy(txselect_list, str, sizeof(txselect_list)); =20 xa_for_each(&qib_dev_table, index, dd) if (dd->deviceid =3D=3D PCI_DEVICE_ID_QLOGIC_IB_7322) --- base-commit: 2cf0f715623872823a72e451243bbf555d10d032 change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-infiniband-hw-qib-qib_iba7322-c-48d5b8f= 603ee Best regards, -- Justin Stitt