From: Thorsten Winkler <twinkler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> This LWN article explains the why scnprintf is preferred over snprintf in general https://lwn.net/Articles/69419/ Ie. snprintf() returns what *would* be the resulting length, while scnprintf() returns the actual length. Reported-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Winkler <twinkler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/net/lcs.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h index bd52caa3b11b..a2699b70b050 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h +++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.h @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ do { \ #define LCS_DBF_TEXT_(level,name,text...) \ do { \ if (debug_level_enabled(lcs_dbf_##name, level)) { \ - sprintf(debug_buffer, text); \ + scnprintf(debug_buffer, sizeof(debug_buffer), text); \ debug_text_event(lcs_dbf_##name, level, debug_buffer); \ } \ } while (0) -- 2.39.2