[PATCH] e100: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Mon Oct 09 2023 - 19:41:12 EST


`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.

The "...-1" pattern makes it evident that netdev->name is expected to be
NUL-terminated.

Meanwhile, it seems NUL-padding is not required due to alloc_etherdev
zero-allocating the buffer.

Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
without unnecessarily NUL-padding.

This is in line with other uses of strscpy on netdev->name:
$ rg "strscpy\(netdev\->name.*pci.*"

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
7455: strscpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name));

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
10839: strscpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name));

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Note: build-tested only.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index d3fdc290937f..01f0f12035ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ static int e100_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
netdev->netdev_ops = &e100_netdev_ops;
netdev->ethtool_ops = &e100_ethtool_ops;
netdev->watchdog_timeo = E100_WATCHDOG_PERIOD;
- strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1);
+ strscpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name));

nic = netdev_priv(netdev);
netif_napi_add_weight(netdev, &nic->napi, e100_poll, E100_NAPI_WEIGHT);

---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-intel-e100-c-4547179d9f2c

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>