These issues were found by Coverity static analysis tool, for more info see messages by particular fixes (messages belong to 5.1.61). Filed upstream at http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=64631 Error: BUFFER_SIZE_WARNING: /builddir/build/BUILD/mysql-5.1.61/sql/sql_prepare.cc:2749: buffer_size_warning: Calling strncpy with a maximum size argument of 512 bytes on destination array "this->stmt->last_error" of size 512 bytes might leave the destination string unterminated. diff -up mariadb-10.0.10/sql/sql_prepare.cc.p8 mariadb-10.0.10/sql/sql_prepare.cc --- mariadb-10.0.10/sql/sql_prepare.cc.p8 2014-03-30 19:56:42.000000000 +0200 +++ mariadb-10.0.10/sql/sql_prepare.cc 2014-04-07 18:43:33.901074770 +0200 @@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ void mysql_stmt_get_longdata(THD *thd, c { stmt->state= Query_arena::STMT_ERROR; stmt->last_errno= thd->get_stmt_da()->sql_errno(); - strncpy(stmt->last_error, thd->get_stmt_da()->message(), MYSQL_ERRMSG_SIZE); + strncpy(stmt->last_error, thd->get_stmt_da()->message(), sizeof(stmt->last_error)-1); } thd->set_stmt_da(save_stmt_da);