[PATCH 3/5] Input: mouse - replace strlcat() with strscpy()

From: Shihuang Liu

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 13:13:53 EST


The appletouch, bcm5974 and synaptics_usb drivers build the
physical path by appending a constant "/input0" suffix with
strlcat() after usb_make_path().

In preparation for removing the deprecated strlcat() API[1],
replace it with strnlen() followed by strscpy() into the remainder
of the buffer, as commit 34b228b739f5 ("HID: usbhid: replace
strlcat with better alternatives") did for the usbhid drivers.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1]
Signed-off-by: Shihuang Liu <shlomojune6@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c | 4 +++-
drivers/input/mouse/bcm5974.c | 4 +++-
drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c b/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
index eebeb57515e1c..aa43f7ae274ce 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@ static int atp_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
struct usb_endpoint_descriptor *ep;
int error;
const struct atp_info *info = (const struct atp_info *)id->driver_info;
+ size_t len;

/* set up the endpoint information */
/* use only the first interrupt-in endpoint */
@@ -875,7 +876,8 @@ static int atp_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
goto err_free_buffer;

usb_make_path(udev, dev->phys, sizeof(dev->phys));
- strlcat(dev->phys, "/input0", sizeof(dev->phys));
+ len = strnlen(dev->phys, sizeof(dev->phys));
+ strscpy(dev->phys + len, "/input0", sizeof(dev->phys) - len);

input_dev->name = "appletouch";
input_dev->phys = dev->phys;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/bcm5974.c b/drivers/input/mouse/bcm5974.c
index e772bac3b64c0..64e26cca2c2c4 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/bcm5974.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/bcm5974.c
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ static int bcm5974_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
struct bcm5974 *dev;
struct input_dev *input_dev;
int error = -ENOMEM;
+ size_t len;

/* find the product index */
cfg = bcm5974_get_config(udev);
@@ -990,7 +991,8 @@ static int bcm5974_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,

/* create bcm5974 device */
usb_make_path(udev, dev->phys, sizeof(dev->phys));
- strlcat(dev->phys, "/input0", sizeof(dev->phys));
+ len = strnlen(dev->phys, sizeof(dev->phys));
+ strscpy(dev->phys + len, "/input0", sizeof(dev->phys) - len);

input_dev->name = "bcm5974";
input_dev->phys = dev->phys;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
index 880a0c79148cd..e1a4a9746dbee 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_usb.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ static int synusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
unsigned int intf_num = intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber;
unsigned int altsetting = min(intf->num_altsetting, 1U);
int error;
+ size_t len;

error = usb_set_interface(udev, intf_num, altsetting);
if (error) {
@@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ static int synusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
strlcat(synusb->name, " (Stick)", sizeof(synusb->name));

usb_make_path(udev, synusb->phys, sizeof(synusb->phys));
- strlcat(synusb->phys, "/input0", sizeof(synusb->phys));
+ len = strnlen(synusb->phys, sizeof(synusb->phys));
+ strscpy(synusb->phys + len, "/input0", sizeof(synusb->phys) - len);

input_dev->name = synusb->name;
input_dev->phys = synusb->phys;
--
2.43.0