[PATCH] module: dups: use strscpy() to copy module name in dup request
From: Naveen Kumar Chaudhary
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 12:28:53 EST
kmod_dup_request_exists_wait() uses memcpy() with strlen(module_name) to
copy into new_kmod_req->name, a fixed-size char[MODULE_NAME_LEN] buffer.
This does not bounds-check the copy and does not explicitly NUL-terminate.
The buffer is zeroed from kzalloc_obj() so NUL-termination happens to
work, but the pattern is fragile and lacks an explicit bounds check.
Replace with strscpy() which bounds the copy and guarantees
NUL-termination.
Signed-off-by: Naveen Kumar Chaudhary <naveen.osdev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/dups.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module/dups.c b/kernel/module/dups.c
index 1d720a5311ba..33bddfb57317 100644
--- a/kernel/module/dups.c
+++ b/kernel/module/dups.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bool kmod_dup_request_exists_wait(char *module_name, bool wait, int *dup_ret)
if (!new_kmod_req)
return false;
- memcpy(new_kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name));
+ strscpy(new_kmod_req->name, module_name, MODULE_NAME_LEN);
INIT_WORK(&new_kmod_req->complete_work, kmod_dup_request_complete);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&new_kmod_req->delete_work, kmod_dup_request_delete);
init_completion(&new_kmod_req->first_req_done);
--
2.43.0