--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Oct 15 12:04:20 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Oct 15 12:09:28 2014 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1572,9 +1572,6 @@
   ::abort();
 }
 
-// unused on linux for now.
-void os::set_error_file(const char *logfile) {}
-
 
 // This method is a copy of JDK's sysGetLastErrorString
 // from src/solaris/hpi/src/system_md.c
@@ -2399,6 +2396,7 @@
         // determine if this is a legacy image or modules image
         // modules image doesn't have "jre" subdirectory
         len = strlen(buf);
+        assert(len < buflen, "Ran out of buffer room");
         jrelib_p = buf + len;
         snprintf(jrelib_p, buflen-len, "/jre/lib/%s", cpu_arch);
         if (0 != access(buf, F_OK)) {
@@ -2419,7 +2417,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  strcpy(saved_jvm_path, buf);
+  strncpy(saved_jvm_path, buf, MAXPATHLEN);
 }
 
 void os::print_jni_name_prefix_on(outputStream* st, int args_size) {