[PATCH] audit: Replace deprecated strcpy() with strscpy()

From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Fri Jul 18 2025 - 16:38:37 EST


strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/audit_tree.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index b0eae2a3c895..1605df0a171e 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ static struct kmem_cache *audit_tree_mark_cachep __ro_after_init;
static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s)
{
struct audit_tree *tree;
+ size_t sz;

- tree = kmalloc(struct_size(tree, pathname, strlen(s) + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+ sz = strlen(s) + 1;
+ tree = kmalloc(struct_size(tree, pathname, sz), GFP_KERNEL);
if (tree) {
refcount_set(&tree->count, 1);
tree->goner = 0;
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ static struct audit_tree *alloc_tree(const char *s)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tree->same_root);
tree->root = NULL;
- strcpy(tree->pathname, s);
+ strscpy(tree->pathname, s, sz);
}
return tree;
}
--
2.50.1