https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104964
--- Comment #9 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> --- You should see the difference in between -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 and -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 in the attached pre-processed source files. $ gcc fs2.i -c -O2 -Werror $ gcc fs3.i -c -O2 -Werror In file included from /usr/include/string.h:535, from libacl/__acl_to_any_text.c:25: In function ‘strcpy’, inlined from ‘__acl_to_any_text’ at libacl/__acl_to_any_text.c:90:3: /usr/include/bits/string_fortified.h:79:10: error: ‘__builtin___strcpy_chk’ writing 1 or more bytes into a region of size 0 overflows the destination [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] 79 | return __builtin___strcpy_chk (__dest, __src, __glibc_objsize (__dest)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors Note the warning exactly corresponds to the call that aborts during run-time.