strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Replace it with the safer strscpy(). Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1] Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum --- fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h index 39e60218df7c..a0619e7694d5 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ static inline void fanotify_info_copy_name(struct fanotify_info *info, return; info->name_len = name->len; - strcpy(fanotify_info_name(info), name->name); + strscpy(fanotify_info_name(info), name->name, name->len + 1); } static inline void fanotify_info_copy_name2(struct fanotify_info *info, @@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ static inline void fanotify_info_copy_name2(struct fanotify_info *info, return; info->name2_len = name->len; - strcpy(fanotify_info_name2(info), name->name); + strscpy(fanotify_info_name2(info), name->name, name->len + 1); } /*