Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Replace strncpy() with strscpy_pad() in acpi_ut_safe_strncpy()

Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.acpica-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-acpi,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <202603240100.E64786C688@keescook>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 06:31:20PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [...]
> > kernel APIs before like ACPI_FLEX_ARRAY and similar helpers. However,
> > acpi_ut_safe_strncpy() is an explicit function implementation rather
> > than a macro mapping, so the approach for upstreaming this change to
> > ACPICA is not clear. What's the best way to land this?
> 
> I can apply this directly, it shouldn't be a major problem for porting
> patches from the upstream.

Okay, thanks! I wasn't sure if that was going to be a viable approach.
:)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
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