[PATCH] riscv: KGDB: Replace deprecated strcpy in kgdb_arch_handle_qxfer_pkt
Thorsten Blum
thorsten.blum at linux.dev
Fri Oct 10 17:47:47 PDT 2025
strcpy() is deprecated because it can cause a buffer overflow when the
sizes of the source and the destination are not known at compile time.
Use strscpy() instead.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/kgdb.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kgdb.c
index 9f3db3503dab..15fec5d1e6de 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ void kgdb_arch_handle_qxfer_pkt(char *remcom_in_buffer,
{
if (!strncmp(remcom_in_buffer, gdb_xfer_read_target,
sizeof(gdb_xfer_read_target)))
- strcpy(remcom_out_buffer, riscv_gdb_stub_target_desc);
+ strscpy(remcom_out_buffer, riscv_gdb_stub_target_desc, BUFMAX);
else if (!strncmp(remcom_in_buffer, gdb_xfer_read_cpuxml,
sizeof(gdb_xfer_read_cpuxml)))
- strcpy(remcom_out_buffer, riscv_gdb_stub_cpuxml);
+ strscpy(remcom_out_buffer, riscv_gdb_stub_cpuxml, BUFMAX);
}
static inline void kgdb_arch_update_addr(struct pt_regs *regs,
--
2.51.0
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