[PATCH] KEYS: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy
Jarkko Sakkinen
jarkko at kernel.org
Wed May 24 02:49:14 UTC 2023
On Wed May 24, 2023 at 5:45 AM EEST, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sat May 20, 2023 at 12:11 AM EEST, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu May 18, 2023 at 7:15 AM EEST, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> > > > strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> > > > This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> > > > This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> > > > overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> > > > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> > > > strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> > > > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> > > > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38 at gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 2 +-
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > > index 41e9735006d0..8f33cd170e42 100644
> > > > --- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > > +++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> > > > @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const char *op,
> > > > if (!rka->callout_info)
> > > > goto error_free_rka;
> > > > rka->callout_len = callout_len;
> > > > - strlcpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
> > > > + strscpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
> > > >
> > > > /* see if the calling process is already servicing the key request of
> > > > * another process */
> > >
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>
> >
> > Since you maintain this code Jarkko, are you planning to merge this
> > into your tree or would you prefer the KSPP folks merge it?
>
> I can pick it.
Applied.
BR, Jarkko
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