strcpy() is deprecated; replace it with a direct '/' assignment. The
buffer is already NUL-terminated, so there is no need to copy an
additional NUL terminator as strcpy() did.

Update the comment and add the local variable 'is_root' for clarity.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 security/apparmor/path.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/path.c b/security/apparmor/path.c
index d6c74c357ffd..65a0ca5cc1bd 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/path.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/path.c
@@ -164,12 +164,15 @@ static int d_namespace_path(const struct path *path, char *buf, char **name,
 	}
 
 out:
-	/*
-	 * Append "/" to the pathname.  The root directory is a special
-	 * case; it already ends in slash.
+	/* Append "/" to directory paths, except for root "/" which
+	 * already ends in a slash.
 	 */
-	if (!error && isdir && ((*name)[1] != '\0' || (*name)[0] != '/'))
-		strcpy(&buf[aa_g_path_max - 2], "/");
+	if (!error && isdir) {
+		bool is_root = (*name)[0] == '/' && (*name)[1] == '\0';
+
+		if (!is_root)
+			buf[aa_g_path_max - 2] = '/';
+	}
 
 	return error;
 }
-- 
2.51.1

On 11/6/25 06:51, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() is deprecated; replace it with a direct '/' assignment. The
> buffer is already NUL-terminated, so there is no need to copy an
> additional NUL terminator as strcpy() did.
> 
> Update the comment and add the local variable 'is_root' for clarity.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

hey Thorsten,

sorry I have just been swamped, and traveling, ...
I will start on the patch backlog tonight

> ---
>   security/apparmor/path.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/path.c b/security/apparmor/path.c
> index d6c74c357ffd..65a0ca5cc1bd 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/path.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/path.c
> @@ -164,12 +164,15 @@ static int d_namespace_path(const struct path *path, char *buf, char **name,
>   	}
>   
>   out:
> -	/*
> -	 * Append "/" to the pathname.  The root directory is a special
> -	 * case; it already ends in slash.
> +	/* Append "/" to directory paths, except for root "/" which
> +	 * already ends in a slash.
>   	 */
> -	if (!error && isdir && ((*name)[1] != '\0' || (*name)[0] != '/'))
> -		strcpy(&buf[aa_g_path_max - 2], "/");
> +	if (!error && isdir) {
> +		bool is_root = (*name)[0] == '/' && (*name)[1] == '\0';
> +
> +		if (!is_root)
> +			buf[aa_g_path_max - 2] = '/';
> +	}
>   
>   	return error;
>   }