variable name can have Non NULL terminated string after cropping which may result strcat to fail, and cropping is not required if (strlen(oh->name) + 8 < MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN).
Issue caught with static analysis tool: "Dangerous usage of 'name' (strncpy doesn't always 0-terminate it)" Signed-off-by: Vaneet Narang <v.nar...@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder...@samsung.com> --- v1 -> v2: changed strncpy to strlcpy arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c index 759e1d4..582b95a 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c @@ -742,12 +742,14 @@ static int _init_main_clk(struct omap_hwmod *oh) char name[MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN]; struct clk *clk; - /* +7 magic comes from '_mod_ck' suffix */ - if (strlen(oh->name) + 7 > MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN) + /* +8 magic comes from strlen("_mod_ck") added as suffix */ + if (strlen(oh->name) + 8 > MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN) { pr_warn("%s: warning: cropping name for %s\n", __func__, oh->name); + strlcpy(name, oh->name, MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN - 7); + } else + strcpy(name, oh->name); - strncpy(name, oh->name, MOD_CLK_MAX_NAME_LEN - 7); strcat(name, "_mod_ck"); clk = clk_get(NULL, name); -- 1.9.1