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diff --git a/bfd/coffcode.h b/bfd/coffcode.h
index cfa1a40567..59bb223521 100644
--- a/bfd/coffcode.h
+++ b/bfd/coffcode.h
@@ -3629,8 +3629,29 @@ coff_write_object_contents (bfd * abfd)
len = strlen (current->name);
if (len > SCNNMLEN)
{
- memset (section.s_name, 0, SCNNMLEN);
- sprintf (section.s_name, "/%lu", (unsigned long) string_size);
+ /* The s_name field is defined to be NUL-padded but need not be
+ NUL-terminated. We use a temporary buffer so that we can still
+ sprintf all eight chars without splatting a terminating NUL
+ over the first byte of the following member (s_paddr). */
+ char s_name_buf[SCNNMLEN + 1];
+
+ /* An inherent limitation of the /nnnnnnn notation used to indicate
+ the offset of the long name in the string table is that we
+ cannot address entries beyone the ten million byte boundary. */
+ if (string_size >= 10000000)
+ {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
+ (*_bfd_error_handler)
+ (_("%B: section %s: string table overflow at offset %ld"),
+ abfd, current->name, string_size);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ /* snprintf not strictly necessary now we've verified the value
+ has less than eight ASCII digits, but never mind. */
+ snprintf (s_name_buf, SCNNMLEN + 1, "/%lu", (unsigned long) string_size);
+ /* Then strncpy takes care of any padding for us. */
+ strncpy (section.s_name, s_name_buf, SCNNMLEN);
string_size += len + 1;
long_section_names = TRUE;
}