drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
From: Tomasz Unger <tomasz.unger@yahoo.pl>
Replace strcpy() with strscpy() which limits the copy to the size of
the destination buffer. Since phy->firmware_name is an array, the
two-argument variant of strscpy() is used - the compiler deduces
the buffer size automatically.
This is a defensive cleanup. As pointed out by Jakub Kicinski
<kuba@kernel.org>, firmware_name is already bounded to
NFC_FIRMWARE_NAME_MAXSIZE via nla_strscpy() in net/nfc/netlink.c
before reaching this driver, so no actual buffer overflow is possible.
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Unger <tomasz.unger@yahoo.pl>
---
Changes since v3:
- Reworded commit message: removed "bug fix" and "buffer overflow"
language as pointed out by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>;
firmware_name is already bounded via nla_strscpy() in netlink.c
- Changed submission target from net to net-next (cleanup, not a fix)
Testing:
- checkpatch.pl: 0 errors, 0 warnings
- make M=drivers/nfc/pn544/: compiled successfully, 0 errors, 0 warnings
drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c
index a0dfb3f98d5a..b31b5bef7187 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544/i2c.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int pn544_hci_i2c_fw_download(void *phy_id, const char *firmware_name,
pr_info("Starting Firmware Download (%s)\n", firmware_name);
- strcpy(phy->firmware_name, firmware_name);
+ strscpy(phy->firmware_name, firmware_name);
phy->hw_variant = hw_variant;
phy->fw_work_state = FW_WORK_STATE_START;
--
2.53.0
On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 01:12:54PM +0100, tomasz.unger@yahoo.pl wrote: > From: Tomasz Unger <tomasz.unger@yahoo.pl> > > Replace strcpy() with strscpy() which limits the copy to the size of > the destination buffer. Since phy->firmware_name is an array, the > two-argument variant of strscpy() is used - the compiler deduces > the buffer size automatically. > > This is a defensive cleanup. As pointed out by Jakub Kicinski > <kuba@kernel.org>, firmware_name is already bounded to > NFC_FIRMWARE_NAME_MAXSIZE via nla_strscpy() in net/nfc/netlink.c > before reaching this driver, so no actual buffer overflow is possible. > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Unger <tomasz.unger@yahoo.pl> > --- > Changes since v3: > - Reworded commit message: removed "bug fix" and "buffer overflow" > language as pointed out by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; > firmware_name is already bounded via nla_strscpy() in netlink.c > - Changed submission target from net to net-next (cleanup, not a fix) > > Testing: > - checkpatch.pl: 0 errors, 0 warnings > - make M=drivers/nfc/pn544/: compiled successfully, 0 errors, 0 warnings Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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