Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers: dio: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in dio_init

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-m68k,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAMuHMdX0vBK6Z4AFc3N_m87of2+ALmm2-HSj3vEO4BnznrMe5A@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 4 May 2026 at 10:18, Thorsten Blum <[email protected]> wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
> on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. While the
> current code works correctly, replace strcpy() with the safer strscpy()
> to follow secure coding best practices.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
i.e. will queue in the m68k tree for v7.2.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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