1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/networking/libiproute/utils.c b/networking/libiproute/utils.c
index 7fc1dbc26..a0d08246a 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/utils.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/utils.c
@@ -316,9 +316,12 @@ const char *format_host(int af, int len, void *addr, char *buf, int buflen)
                         default:;
                         }
                 }
-                if (len > 0 && (h_ent = gethostbyaddr(addr, len, af)) != NULL) {
-                        snprintf(buf, buflen - 1, "%s", h_ent->h_name);
-                        return buf;
+                if (len > 0) {
+                        h_ent = gethostbyaddr(addr, len, af);
+                        if (h_ent != NULL) {
+                                safe_strncpy(buf, h_ent->h_name, buflen);
+                                return buf;
+                        }
                 }
         }
 #endif