[PATCH] can: bcm: Replace strcpy() with strscpy(), simplify call

Ethan Carter Edwards <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-can,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
strcpy() is deprecated; use the safer strscpy() instead.

While the src is char array at bcm_proc_getifname's call sites, the src
is passed to the function as a char*. Including the IFNAMSIZ length
makes the call safer.

Use turnary over if/else to simplify code.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <[email protected]>
---
 net/can/bcm.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index a4bef2c48a55..c133dab1202e 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ static char *bcm_proc_getifname(struct net *net, char *result, int ifindex)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex);
-	if (dev)
-		strcpy(result, dev->name);
-	else
-		strcpy(result, "???");
+	strscpy(result, dev ? dev->name : "???", IFNAMSIZ);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return result;

---
base-commit: c7275b05bc428c7373d97aa2da02d3a7fa6b9f66
change-id: 20260418-can-bcm-strscpy-56a0e402a660

Best regards,
-- 
Ethan Carter Edwards <[email protected]>
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