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Justin Stitt
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strncpy() is an ambiguous and potentially dangerous interface [1]. We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous alternatives. @query is marked as __nonstring and doesn't need to be NUL-terminated. Since we are doing a string to memory copy, we can use the aptly named "strtomem" -- specifically, the "pad" variant to also ensure NUL-padding throughout the destination buffer. 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@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319-strncpy-drivers-soc-qcom-cmd-db-c-v3-1-aeb5c5180c32@google.com Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.