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diff --git a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/ctermid.c b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/ctermid.c
index f0e2310fea..6127d662ed 100644
--- a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/ctermid.c
+++ b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/ctermid.c
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ char *ctermid(
if ( !s )
return ctermid_name;
+ /*
+ * We have no way of knowing the length of the user provided buffer.
+ * It may not be large enough but there is no way to know that. :(
+ * So this is a potential buffer owerrun that we can do nothing about.
+ */
strcpy( s, ctermid_name );
return s;
}