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[v1,net-next,4/7] i40e: use scnprintf over strncpy+strncat

Message ID 20231010-netdev-replace-strncpy-resend-as-series-v1-4-caf9f0f2f021@google.com (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit be39d0a61aedafc6e7ec401d93fc7c477779996c
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Series net: intel: replace deprecated strncpy uses | expand

Commit Message

Justin Stitt Oct. 10, 2023, 10:26 p.m. UTC
`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

Moreover, `strncat` shouldn't really be used either as per
fortify-string.h:
 * Do not use this function. While FORTIFY_SOURCE tries to avoid
 * read and write overflows, this is only possible when the sizes
 * of @p and @q are known to the compiler. Prefer building the
 * string with formatting, via scnprintf() or similar.

Instead, use `scnprintf` with "%s%s" format string. This code is now
more readable and robust.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>

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Note: build-tested only.
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Pucha, HimasekharX Reddy Oct. 16, 2023, 8:45 a.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of Justin Stitt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 3:57 AM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 net-next 4/7] i40e: use scnprintf over strncpy+strncat
>
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> Moreover, `strncat` shouldn't really be used either as per
> fortify-string.h:
>  * Do not use this function. While FORTIFY_SOURCE tries to avoid
>  * read and write overflows, this is only possible when the sizes
>  * of @p and @q are known to the compiler. Prefer building the
>  * string with formatting, via scnprintf() or similar.
>
> Instead, use `scnprintf` with "%s%s" format string. This code is now
> more readable and robust.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
index 0e72abd178ae..ec25e4be250f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ddp.c
@@ -438,10 +438,9 @@  int i40e_ddp_flash(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_flash *flash)
 		char profile_name[sizeof(I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH)
 				  + I40E_DDP_PROFILE_NAME_MAX];
 
-		profile_name[sizeof(profile_name) - 1] = 0;
-		strncpy(profile_name, I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH,
-			sizeof(profile_name) - 1);
-		strncat(profile_name, flash->data, I40E_DDP_PROFILE_NAME_MAX);
+		scnprintf(profile_name, sizeof(profile_name), "%s%s",
+			  I40E_DDP_PROFILE_PATH, flash->data);
+
 		/* Load DDP recipe. */
 		status = request_firmware(&ddp_config, profile_name,
 					  &netdev->dev);