GCC 8.2 gives this warning: builtin-run.c: In function ‘kvm_run_write_sandbox_cmd.isra.1’: builtin-run.c:417:28: error: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing up to 4095 bytes into a region of size 4091 [-Werror=format-truncation=] snprintf(dst, len, "/host%s", resolved_path); ^~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's because it understands that len is PATH_MAX, the same as resolved_path's size. This patch handles the case where the string is truncated, and fixes the warning. Signed-off-by: Anisse Astier <aastier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin-run.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin-run.c b/builtin-run.c index 443c10b..32d8aef 100644 --- a/builtin-run.c +++ b/builtin-run.c @@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ static void resolve_program(const char *src, char *dst, size_t len) if (!realpath(src, resolved_path)) die("Unable to resolve program %s: %s\n", src, strerror(errno)); - snprintf(dst, len, "/host%s", resolved_path); + if (snprintf(dst, len, "/host%s", resolved_path) >= (int)len - 1) + die("Pathname too long: %s -> %s\n", src, resolved_path); + } else strncpy(dst, src, len); } -- 2.19.1