drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
strcpy() is deprecated; use the safer strscpy() instead.
The destination buffer is only zero-initialized for the first iteration
and since strscpy() guarantees its NUL termination anyway, remove
zero-initializing 'eng_type'.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
index ebdf4efa09d4..b5cc5401f704 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/string_choices.h>
#include "otx2_cptpf_ucode.h"
#include "otx2_cpt_common.h"
@@ -458,13 +459,13 @@ static int cpt_ucode_load_fw(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct fw_info_t *fw_info,
u16 rid)
{
char filename[OTX2_CPT_NAME_LENGTH];
- char eng_type[8] = {0};
+ char eng_type[8];
int ret, e, i;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_info->ucodes);
for (e = 1; e < OTX2_CPT_MAX_ENG_TYPES; e++) {
- strcpy(eng_type, get_eng_type_str(e));
+ strscpy(eng_type, get_eng_type_str(e));
for (i = 0; i < strlen(eng_type); i++)
eng_type[i] = tolower(eng_type[i]);
--
2.51.1
On Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 03:04:42PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote: > strcpy() is deprecated; use the safer strscpy() instead. > > The destination buffer is only zero-initialized for the first iteration > and since strscpy() guarantees its NUL termination anyway, remove > zero-initializing 'eng_type'. > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88 > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> > --- > drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_ucode.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Patch applied. Thanks. -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
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