1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/protocol.cpp b/src/protocol.cpp
index e49e5523ac..bd3ed25a8a 100644
--- a/src/protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/protocol.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,13 @@ CMessageHeader::CMessageHeader(const MessageStartChars& pchMessageStartIn)
 CMessageHeader::CMessageHeader(const MessageStartChars& pchMessageStartIn, const char* pszCommand, unsigned int nMessageSizeIn)
 {
     memcpy(pchMessageStart, pchMessageStartIn, MESSAGE_START_SIZE);
-    memset(pchCommand, 0, sizeof(pchCommand));
-    strncpy(pchCommand, pszCommand, COMMAND_SIZE);
+
+    // Copy the command name, zero-padding to COMMAND_SIZE bytes
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (; i < COMMAND_SIZE && pszCommand[i] != 0; ++i) pchCommand[i] = pszCommand[i];
+    assert(pszCommand[i] == 0); // Assert that the command name passed in is not longer than COMMAND_SIZE
+    for (; i < COMMAND_SIZE; ++i) pchCommand[i] = 0;
+
     nMessageSize = nMessageSizeIn;
     memset(pchChecksum, 0, CHECKSUM_SIZE);
 }