gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone': drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init': drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=] sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i); ^~~~ drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the range [0, 2147483646] sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i); ^~~~~~~~~~ drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 13 bytes into a destination of size 10 While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c index 0831b428c217..acc01242da82 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644, show_control_state, static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev) { int i; - char buffer[10]; + char buffer[13]; char *name; if (interface == WMAX) { -- 2.9.0