strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Replace
memset() and strncpy() with strscpy_pad() to copy the version string and
fill the remaining bytes in the destination buffer with NUL bytes. This
avoids zeroing the memory before copying the string.
Compile-tested only.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213114047.2366-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
static void init_driver_version(char *driver_version, int len)
{
- memset(driver_version, 0, len);
- strncpy(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len - 1);
+ strscpy_pad(driver_version, HPSA " " HPSA_DRIVER_VERSION, len);
}
static int write_driver_ver_to_cfgtable(struct CfgTable __iomem *cfgtable)