#include <stdint.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <libintl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 {
        FILE *fd;
        int ret = -1;
-       char filepath[256];
+       char filepath[PATH_MAX + 2]; /* NUL and '/' */
 
-       snprintf(filepath, 256, "%s/%s", path, filename);
+       snprintf(filepath, sizeof(filepath), "%s/%s", path, filename);
 
        fd = fopen(filepath, "w");
        if (!fd) {
 {
        FILE *fd;
        int ret = -1;
-       char filepath[256];
+       char filepath[PATH_MAX + 2]; /* NUL and '/' */
 
-       snprintf(filepath, 256, "%s/%s", path, filename);
+       snprintf(filepath, sizeof(filepath), "%s/%s", path, filename);
 
        fd = fopen(filepath, "r");
        if (!fd) {
 {
        FILE *fd;
        int ret = -1;
-       char filepath[256];
+       char filepath[PATH_MAX + 2]; /* NUL and '/' */
 
-       snprintf(filepath, 256, "%s/%s", path, filename);
+       snprintf(filepath, sizeof(filepath), "%s/%s", path, filename);
 
        fd = fopen(filepath, "r");
        if (!fd) {
 {
        unsigned long trip_instance = 0;
        char cdev_name_linked[256];
-       char cdev_name[256];
-       char cdev_trip_name[256];
+       char cdev_name[PATH_MAX];
+       char cdev_trip_name[PATH_MAX];
        int cdev_id;
 
        if (nl->d_type == DT_LNK) {
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                /* find the link to real cooling device record binding */
-               snprintf(cdev_name, 256, "%s/%s", tz_name, nl->d_name);
+               snprintf(cdev_name, sizeof(cdev_name) - 2, "%s/%s",
+                        tz_name, nl->d_name);
                memset(cdev_name_linked, 0, sizeof(cdev_name_linked));
                if (readlink(cdev_name, cdev_name_linked,
                                sizeof(cdev_name_linked) - 1) != -1) {
                        /* find the trip point in which the cdev is binded to
                         * in this tzone
                         */
-                       snprintf(cdev_trip_name, 256, "%s%s", nl->d_name,
-                               "_trip_point");
+                       snprintf(cdev_trip_name, sizeof(cdev_trip_name) - 1,
+                               "%s%s", nl->d_name, "_trip_point");
                        sysfs_get_ulong(tz_name, cdev_trip_name,
                                        &trip_instance);
                        /* validate trip point range, e.g. trip could return -1