After Six Years Of Work and Over 360 Patches, Linux 7.2 Finally Removes Bug-Prone strncpy
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After six years of work, the error-prone function strncpy was completely deleted from the Linux kernel. Five more secure functions are now replaced.
Linux 7.2: Linux Just Purged an "Actively Dangerous" Legacy Component—6 Years in the Making
This week, the open-source software ecosystem achieved a monumental architectural milestone as the final merge window closed for the newly released Linux 7.2 kernel. Core maintainers confirmed that developers have completely eradicated a notorious legacy string-handling component officially described in internal documentation as a “persistent source of bugs”. The systemic purge marks the conclusion of […]
According to reports, a patch removing the strncpy API has been added to the Linux 7.2 kernel. This marks the culmination of six years of work on the code, which developers attributed to frequent bugs and issues in the system kernel.
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Tech Times reports: Linux 7.2's merge window closed out a cleanup campaign on Friday that most kernel developers had stopped expecting to see end: the complete removal of strncpy(), a C string-copy function that the kernel's own documentation labels "actively dangerous," from every subsystem, driv...
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