[PATCH] mm/memfd: Replace deprecated strcpy() with memcpy() in alloc_name()
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Sat Jul 12 2025 - 13:46:04 EST
strcpy() is deprecated; use memcpy() instead.
Not copying the NUL terminator is safe because strncpy_from_user() would
overwrite it anyway by appending uname to the destination buffer at
index MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN.
No functional changes intended.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memfd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index ab367e61553d..6f4db997b955 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static char *alloc_name(const char __user *uname)
if (!name)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- strcpy(name, MFD_NAME_PREFIX);
+ memcpy(name, MFD_NAME_PREFIX, MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN);
/* returned length does not include terminating zero */
len = strncpy_from_user(&name[MFD_NAME_PREFIX_LEN], uname, MFD_NAME_MAX_LEN + 1);
if (len < 0) {
--
2.50.0