From: Kees Cook Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:45:15 +0000 (-0800) Subject: inotify: Use strscpy() for event->name copies X-Git-Tag: v6.14-rc1~131^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b8f2688258f886f0bc0c0cb3ebe51efaa12191ec;p=linux-2.6-block.git inotify: Use strscpy() for event->name copies Since we have already allocated "len + 1" space for event->name, make sure that name->name cannot ever accidentally cause a copy overflow by calling strscpy() instead of the unbounded strcpy() routine. This assists in the ongoing efforts to remove the unsafe strcpy() API[1] from the kernel. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88 [1] Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241216224507.work.859-kees@kernel.org --- diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c index 993375f0db67..cd7d11b0eb08 100644 --- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int inotify_handle_inode_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask, event->sync_cookie = cookie; event->name_len = len; if (len) - strcpy(event->name, name->name); + strscpy(event->name, name->name, event->name_len + 1); ret = fsnotify_add_event(group, fsn_event, inotify_merge); if (ret) {