From e294bb443cafe55e47b9f218f0c8064a1b86ee58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hinko Kocevar <hinkocevar@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 12:49:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 2nd attempt to fix a linter error for step 49 of "Path"

---
 modules/libcom/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp b/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
index 060511d01..82551c7d2 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/iocsh/iocsh.cpp
@@ -852,12 +852,13 @@ cvtArg (const char *filename, int lineno, char *arg, iocshArgBuf *argBuf,
 
     case iocshArgPersistentString:
         if (arg != NULL) {
-            argBuf->sval = (char *) malloc(strlen(arg) + 1);
+            size_t slen = strlen(arg);
+            argBuf->sval = (char *) malloc(slen + 1);
             if (argBuf->sval == NULL) {
                 showError(filename, lineno, ANSI_RED("Out of memory!"));
                 return 0;
             }
-            strcpy(argBuf->sval, arg);
+            strncpy(argBuf->sval, arg, slen);
         } else {
           argBuf->sval = NULL;
         }