[PATCH 14/17] net/qede: replace strncpy with strlcpy

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> Replace strncpy() with safer strlcpy() which always null-terminates.
> 
> Fixes: 7eca78cefde8 ("net/qede: fix driver version string")

Correction:
Fixes: 2ea6f76aff40 ("qede: add core driver")


> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> index 4efc2dd349..2f37f956cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
> @@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ static int qede_common_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, bool is_vf)
>  	params.drv_minor = QEDE_PMD_VERSION_MINOR;
>  	params.drv_rev = QEDE_PMD_VERSION_REVISION;
>  	params.drv_eng = QEDE_PMD_VERSION_PATCH;
> -	strncpy((char *)params.name, QEDE_PMD_VER_PREFIX,
> +	strlcpy((char *)params.name, QEDE_PMD_VER_PREFIX,
>  		QEDE_PMD_DRV_VER_STR_SIZE);
>  
>  	qede_assign_rxtx_handlers(eth_dev, true);
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>