Re: [PATCH] fbdev: platinumfb: replace strcpy with strscpy

On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:18:16 +0800
yuebingkun <[email protected]> wrote:

> strcpy() is deprecated for use on fixed-size buffers. Replace it with
> strscpy() to avoid potential buffer overflow issues.

There is no point using strscpy() to copy quoted strings into arrays.
Indeed, if the string is too long the kernel build will fail if strcpy()
is used but strscpy() will silently truncate the strings.
So strscpy() is actually worse here.

There are plenty of places where the destination size isn't known.
Which might be worth fixing.

	David

> 
> Found by checkpatch.pl:
> WARNING: Prefer strscpy over strcpy
> 
> Signed-off-by: yuebingkun <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
> index a08d955d9b43..fa27a3a4f05b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
> @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void platinum_init_info(struct fb_info *info,
>  	fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0);
>  
>  	/* Fill fix common fields */
> -	strcpy(info->fix.id, "platinum");
> +	strscpy(info->fix.id, "platinum", sizeof(info->fix.id));
>  	info->fix.mmio_start = pinfo->platinum_regs_phys;
>  	info->fix.mmio_len = 0x1000;
>  	info->fix.type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS;