diff -uprN libusb-0.1.12/error.c libusb-0.1.12-patched/error.c
--- libusb-0.1.12/error.c	2004-01-27 23:36:34.000000000 +0100
+++ libusb-0.1.12-patched/error.c	2024-11-05 16:37:59.767612638 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "usb.h"
 #include "error.h"
 
-char usb_error_str[1024] = "";
+char usb_error_str[16500] = "";
 int usb_error_errno = 0;
 usb_error_type_t usb_error_type = USB_ERROR_TYPE_NONE;
 
diff -uprN libusb-0.1.12/error.h libusb-0.1.12-patched/error.h
--- libusb-0.1.12/error.h	2004-01-27 23:36:34.000000000 +0100
+++ libusb-0.1.12-patched/error.h	2024-11-05 16:37:46.932613826 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ typedef enum {
   USB_ERROR_TYPE_ERRNO,
 } usb_error_type_t;
 
-extern char usb_error_str[1024];
+extern char usb_error_str[16500];
 extern int usb_error_errno;
 extern usb_error_type_t usb_error_type;
 
diff -uprN libusb-0.1.12/linux.c libusb-0.1.12-patched/linux.c
--- libusb-0.1.12/linux.c	2006-03-04 03:52:46.000000000 +0100
+++ libusb-0.1.12-patched/linux.c	2024-11-05 16:45:57.640568432 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static char usb_path[PATH_MAX + 1] = "";
 
 static int device_open(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
-  char filename[PATH_MAX + 1];
+  char filename[4*PATH_MAX + 1];
   int fd;
 
   snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename) - 1, "%s/%s/%s",
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ int usb_os_find_devices(struct usb_bus *
   struct usb_device *fdev = NULL;
   DIR *dir;
   struct dirent *entry;
-  char dirpath[PATH_MAX + 1];
+  char dirpath[2*PATH_MAX + 3];
 
-  snprintf(dirpath, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", usb_path, bus->dirname);
+  snprintf(dirpath, 2*PATH_MAX+2, "%s/%s", usb_path, bus->dirname);
 
   dir = opendir(dirpath);
   if (!dir)
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ int usb_os_find_devices(struct usb_bus *
 
   while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
     unsigned char device_desc[DEVICE_DESC_LENGTH];
-    char filename[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    char filename[3*PATH_MAX + 4];
     struct usb_device *dev;
     struct usb_connectinfo connectinfo;
     int i, fd, ret;