ret = copy_from_user(&client_debug_array_string,
(void __user *)arg,
ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN);
+ /*
+ * The real client-core makes an effort to ensure
+ * that actual strings that aren't too long to fit in
+ * this buffer is what we get here. We're going to use
+ * string functions on the stuff we got, so we'll make
+ * this extra effort to try and keep from
+ * flowing out of this buffer when we use the string
+ * functions, even if somehow the stuff we end up
+ * with here is garbage.
+ */
+ client_debug_array_string[ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN - 1] =
+ '\0';
+
if (ret != 0) {
pr_info("%s: CLIENT_STRING: copy_from_user failed\n",
__func__);