tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-98097",
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    "title": "tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages The interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer. Replace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the pad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded) rather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system. Replace two other strcpy() with strscpy().",
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      "modified": "2026-10-30T02:30:28.222564771Z",
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  "published_at": "2026-09-25T10:24:27.7+00:00"
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