[PATCH] ext4: replace strcpy() with strscpy() in ext4_init_dot_dotdot()

[Ethan Carter Edwards]

strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.

No functional changes intended.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index e9712e64ec8f04586f5ebcd332431e6af92e4f36..85df7fbf8ebd2c5b2aa3a20813f5f8a1aec7f5b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *ext4_init_dot_dotdot(struct inode *inode,
 	de->name_len = 1;
 	de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(ext4_dir_rec_len(de->name_len, NULL),
 					   blocksize);
-	strcpy(de->name, ".");
+	strscpy(de->name, ".");
 	ext4_set_de_type(inode->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
 
 	de = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);
@@ -2940,7 +2940,7 @@ struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *ext4_init_dot_dotdot(struct inode *inode,
 		de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(
 					ext4_dir_rec_len(de->name_len, NULL),
 					blocksize);
-	strcpy(de->name, "..");
+	strscpy(de->name, "..");
 	ext4_set_de_type(inode->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
 
 	return ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize);

---
base-commit: 5723cc3450bccf7f98f227b9723b5c9f6b3af1c5
change-id: 20250518-ext4-strcpy-1545c6f79b51

Best regards,
-- 
Ethan Carter Edwards <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>