--- linux-2.4.22-CVS-orig/kernel/panic.c	Thu Feb  5 02:25:14 2004
+++ linux-2.4.22-CVS-mod/kernel/panic.c	Tue May 18 20:34:47 2004
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	
 	bust_spinlocks(1);
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vsprintf(buf, fmt, args);
+	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "Kernel panic: %s\n",buf);
 	if (in_interrupt())