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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.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] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. Let's replace strncpy in favor of this dedicated helper function. 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 only. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c index 145703f0a406..6a2c0c193255 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int cbtx_get_sset_count(struct phy_device *phyde= v) =20 static void cbtx_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data) { - strncpy(data, "100btx_rx_err", ETH_GSTRING_LEN); + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "100btx_rx_err"); } =20 static void cbtx_get_stats(struct phy_device *phydev, --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-nxp-cbtx-c-266285682759 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt