From fd6f9919efb4c2ba5ff9aa1d97738e08a2275feb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcelo Moreira Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:45:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] xfs: Replace strncpy with memcpy [ Upstream commit 33ddc796ecbd50cd6211aa9e9eddbf4567038b49 ] The changes modernizes the code by aligning it with current kernel best practices. It improves code clarity and consistency, as strncpy is deprecated as explained in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst. This change does not alter the functionality or introduce any behavioral changes. Suggested-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino Signed-off-by: Marcelo Moreira Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino Stable-dep-of: 678e1cc2f482 ("xfs: fix out of bounds memory read error in symlink repair") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c index 953ce7be78dc2..5902398185a89 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/symlink_repair.c @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ xrep_symlink_salvage_inline( return 0; nr = min(XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN, xfs_inode_data_fork_size(ip)); - strncpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr); + memcpy(target_buf, ifp->if_data, nr); return nr; } -- 2.47.3