strcpy question

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Is it OK to use strcpy in drivers ?

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It’s legal but a very Bad Idea since it could easily cause buffer overruns.
Use the Safe String functions like RtlStringCbCopy (and associated
variants), or better yet RtlCopyString and RtlCopyUnicodeString.

Ken

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Is it OK to use strcpy in drivers ?

Questions? First check the Kernel Driver FAQ at
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No.

Loren

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You can, but it is by far better to use routines from NtStrSafe.h.

Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
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> Is it OK to use strcpy in drivers ?
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