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Quick grep on linux-2.6.37.3: strcpy -> 2864 strncpy -> 894

• anon1385 16y ago
  how many times is strlcpy used? This bug was fixed with strlcpy: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eaae55dac6b64c0616046436b294e69fc5311581 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...
  • jazzyb 16y ago
    Probably not much: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strlcpy#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strlcpy#Criticism
    • anon1385 16y ago
      Fortunately, Ulrich Drepper doesn't work on the kernel. Otherwise we would all have to pay money to open bug reports[1] His preferred solution is to use the highly portable *((char *) mempcpy (dst, src, n)) = '\0'; make of that what you will… [1] http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4980 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4980
  • program 16y ago
    strlcpy -> 1063
• yan 16y ago
  strncpy isn't always better. It's just as easy to misuse strncpy as it is to properly sanitize strcpy inputs.