Re: [PATCH] sh: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 30 May 2023 16:30:41 +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> 
> [...]

Build tested with sh4 GCC 13.1 from:
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/13.1.0/

with defconfig and:
	CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7343=y
	CONFIG_SH_DMA=y
	CONFIG_SH_DMA_API=y

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] sh: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/ca64da3052be

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Kees Cook
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