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ecryptfs: Replace memcpy + NUL termination in ecryptfs_new_file_context

PATCH RESEND In review Thorsten Blum 2 participants 2 messages Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025 Ecrypt file system

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PATCH RESEND 1/1 ecryptfs: Replace memcpy + NUL termination in ecryptfs_new_file_context

Use strscpy() to copy the NUL-terminated '->global_default_cipher_name' to the destination buffer instead of using memcpy() followed by a manual NUL termination. Remove the now-unused local variable 'cipher_name_len'.

---
 fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c +2 -7
index 260f8a4938b0..5d9ec4a1e12d 100644
@@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat =
 	    &ecryptfs_superblock_to_private(
 		    ecryptfs_inode->i_sb)->mount_crypt_stat;
-	int cipher_name_len;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	ecryptfs_set_default_crypt_stat_vals(crypt_stat, mount_crypt_stat);
@@ -692,12 +691,8 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 		       "to the inode key sigs; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	cipher_name_len =
-		strlen(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
-	memcpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
-	       mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
-	       cipher_name_len);
-	crypt_stat->cipher[cipher_name_len] = '\0';
+	strscpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
+		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
 	crypt_stat->key_size =
 		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size;
 	ecryptfs_generate_new_key(crypt_stat);
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Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
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#1 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines · Thorsten Blum

Use strscpy() to copy the NUL-terminated '->global_default_cipher_name' to the destination buffer instead of using memcpy() followed by a manual NUL termination. Remove the now-unused local variable 'cipher_name_len'.

Thanks for the cleanup!

Tyler

Quoted 35 lines
---
 fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c +2 -7
index 260f8a4938b0..5d9ec4a1e12d 100644
@@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat =
 	    &ecryptfs_superblock_to_private(
 		    ecryptfs_inode->i_sb)->mount_crypt_stat;
-	int cipher_name_len;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	ecryptfs_set_default_crypt_stat_vals(crypt_stat, mount_crypt_stat);
@@ -692,12 +691,8 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 		       "to the inode key sigs; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	cipher_name_len =
-		strlen(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
-	memcpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
-	       mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
-	       cipher_name_len);
-	crypt_stat->cipher[cipher_name_len] = '\0';
+	strscpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
+		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
 	crypt_stat->key_size =
 		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size;
 	ecryptfs_generate_new_key(crypt_stat);
Signature · 2 lines
Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
GPG: 1D60 735E 8AEF 3BE4 73B6  9D84 7336 78FD 8DFE EAD4