On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 07:52:27PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> The current code has taken care of NUL-termination by memset()'ing
> @label. This is followed by a strncpy() to perform the string copy.
>
> Instead, use strscpy_pad() to get both 1) NUL-termination and 2)
> NUL-padding which is needed as this is copied out to userspace.
>
> Note that this patch uses the new 2-argument version of strscpy_pad
> introduced in Commit e6584c3964f2f ("string: Allow 2-argument
> strscpy()").
>
> 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
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
> ---
> Split from
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240401-strncpy-fs-xfs-xfs_ioctl-c-v1-1-02b9feb19...@google.com/
> with feedback from Christoph H.
> ---
> fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> index d0e2cec6210d..a1156a8b1e15 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> @@ -1750,15 +1750,14 @@ xfs_ioc_getlabel(
> char __user *user_label)
> {
> struct xfs_sb *sbp = &mp->m_sb;
> + /* 1 larger than sb_fname, for a trailing NUL char */
> char label[XFSLABEL_MAX + 1];
>
> /* Paranoia */
> BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(sbp->sb_fname) > FSLABEL_MAX);
>
> - /* 1 larger than sb_fname, so this ensures a trailing NUL char */
> - memset(label, 0, sizeof(label));
> spin_lock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
> - strncpy(label, sbp->sb_fname, XFSLABEL_MAX);
> + strscpy_pad(label, sbp->sb_fname);
Is sbp->sb_fname itself NUL-terminated? This looks like another case of
needing the memtostr() helper?
-Kees
> spin_unlock(&mp->m_sb_lock);
>
> if (copy_to_user(user_label, label, sizeof(label)))
>
> ---
> base-commit: c85af715cac0a951eea97393378e84bb49384734
> change-id: 20240405-strncpy-xfs-split1-a2c408b934c6
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
>
>
--
Kees Cook
