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

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:11:51 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
CC: <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 10/24/2023 6:03 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> What about using just memcpy() to make it clear it's not really a proper
> string:
> 
> arvif->u.ap.ssid_len = 4;
> memcpy(arvif->u.ap.ssid, "mesh", arvif->u.ap.ssid_len);
> 

In the "changed & BSS_CHANGED_SSID" case that comes soon after this we 
just set the length and use memcpy without clearing the rest of the 
buffer, so doing the same here, as you suggest, would be consistent.

/jeff