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PNP: replace deprecated strncpy() with memcpy()

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

After having precisely calculated the lengths and ensuring we don't
overflow the buffer, this really decays to just a memcpy. Let's not use
a C string api as it makes the intention of the code confusing.

It'd be nice to use strscpy() in this case (as we clearly want
NUL-termination) because it'd clean up the code a bit. However, I don't
quite know enough about what is going on here to justify a drop-in
replacement -- too much bit magic and why (PNP_NAME_LEN - 2)? I'm afraid
using strscpy() may result in copying too many or too few bytes into our
dev->name buffer resulting in different behavior. At least using
memcpy() we can ensure the behavior is exactly the same.

Side note:
NUL-padding is not required because insert_device() calls
pnpbios_parse_data_stream() with a zero-allocated `dev`:
299 |  static int __init insert_device(struct pnp_bios_node *node) {
...
312 |  dev = pnp_alloc_dev(&pnpbios_protocol, node->handle, id);
...
316 |  pnpbios_parse_data_stream(dev, node);

then pnpbios_parse_data_stream() calls pnpbios_parse_compatible_ids().

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Justin Stitt 2023-10-19 23:28:32 +00:00 committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
parent eda1a74655
commit 50cbdaf1b9
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c
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@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ static unsigned char *pnpbios_parse_compatible_ids(unsigned char *p,
switch (tag) {
case LARGE_TAG_ANSISTR:
strncpy(dev->name, p + 3,
len >= PNP_NAME_LEN ? PNP_NAME_LEN - 2 : len);
memcpy(dev->name, p + 3,
len >= PNP_NAME_LEN ? PNP_NAME_LEN - 2 : len);
dev->name[len >=
PNP_NAME_LEN ? PNP_NAME_LEN - 1 : len] = '\0';
break;