In read_string() we try to write a null character at str(size), which is out of range: if (str) { size += i + 1; str = realloc(str, size); if (!str) return NULL; memcpy(str + (size - i), buf, i); str[size] = 0; } The character that should be zeroed is supposed to be at the size - 1 index, which is the size of str prior the reallocation plus i. We also know that buf[i] == 0 so we can simply memcpy that too instead of zeroing it by hand. That simplifies the code a little. Fixes an OVERRUN error (CWE-119) Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c index 3284dbd4..c485acea 100644 --- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c +++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c @@ -447,15 +447,13 @@ static char *read_string(struct tracecmd_input *handle) str = realloc(str, size); if (!str) return NULL; - memcpy(str + (size - i), buf, i); - str[size] = 0; + memcpy(str + (size - i), buf, i + 1); } else { size = i + 1; str = malloc(size); if (!str) return NULL; - memcpy(str, buf, i); - str[i] = 0; + memcpy(str, buf, i + 1); } return str; -- 2.44.0