linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] ath10k: replace deprecated strncpy with strtomem

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:40:54 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        <ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: replace deprecated strncpy with strtomem_pad

On 10/18/2023 4:35 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 05:58:03PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>> Let's also mark ath10k_vif.u.ap.ssid as __nonstring.
>>
>> what criteria is used to determine whether or not to use __nonstring?
>> doesn't the use of u8 vs char already communicate that distinction?
>> just want to know what other u8 arrays might require this.
>> FWIW the documentation referenced by the __nonstring macro explicitly refers
>> to "type array of char, signed char, or unsigned char"
> 
> The use of __nonstring is for byte arrays that are _not_ expected to be
> %NUL terminated. Unfortunately "char" vs "u8" isn't distinguished by the
> compiler. All byte arrays are treated as C strings unless __nonstring is
> used.

So is the plan to annotate every single binary blob array in the kernel 
as __nonstring? I suspect those outnumber string arrays.