[PATCH] fs: fat: Prevent possible buffer overflow

[Andrew Goodbody]

On 17/07/2025 15:58, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
>>   
>>   	memset(dent, 0, sizeof(*dent));
>> -	strcpy(dent->name, dir->itr.name);
>> +	strlcpy(dent->name, dir->itr.name, FS_DIRENT_NAME_LEN);
> 
> Shouldn't that be strncpy() instead? Using strlcpy() for fixed size
> records where strings may not be \0 terminated is quirky.
> 
> Martin

Hi Martin,

The original use of strcpy suggests that the string must be \0 
terminated. I will admit that I do not know the code well, is 
dir->itr.name guaranteed to be a known fixed size?

Andrew