Instead of using strncpy(), use strlcpy(), in order to ensure that a \0 char will be added at the end of the string. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c index 61c6ca4e87d5..889abf9becd8 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_vb2.c @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int dvb_vb2_init(struct dvb_vb2_ctx *ctx, const char *name, int nonblocking) spin_lock_init(&ctx->slock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->dvb_q); - strncpy(ctx->name, name, DVB_VB2_NAME_MAX); + strlcpy(ctx->name, name, DVB_VB2_NAME_MAX); ctx->nonblocking = nonblocking; ctx->state = DVB_VB2_STATE_INIT; -- 2.14.3