Using strncpy is not a remedy at all. The function was never designed for safe string copying, but for copying fixed-width inode names[1]. The fact that is prot

Using strncpy is not a remedy at all. The function was never designed for safe string copying, but for copying fixed-width inode names[1]. The fact that is protects against buffer overflows is pure coincidence. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1454071 http://stackoverflow.com/a/1454071