diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vdso.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vdso.c
index 558c8207e7b9c09fd4b73503e60962dbd08bbea5..2352590117042ebf79ddd946a00d8c49d38d786e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vdso.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vdso.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+/* max length of lines in /proc/self/maps - anything longer is skipped here */
+#define MAPS_LINE_LEN 128
+
 int nerrs = 0;
 
 typedef long (*getcpu_t)(unsigned *, unsigned *, void *);
@@ -37,17 +40,19 @@ static void *vsyscall_getcpu(void)
 {
 #ifdef __x86_64__
 	FILE *maps;
-	char line[128];
+	char line[MAPS_LINE_LEN];
 	bool found = false;
 
 	maps = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
 	if (!maps) /* might still be present, but ignore it here, as we test vDSO not vsyscall */
 		return NULL;
 
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), maps)) {
+	while (fgets(line, MAPS_LINE_LEN, maps)) {
 		char r, x;
 		void *start, *end;
-		char name[128];
+		char name[MAPS_LINE_LEN];
+
+		/* sscanf() is safe here as strlen(name) >= strlen(line) */
 		if (sscanf(line, "%p-%p %c-%cp %*x %*x:%*x %*u %s",
 			   &start, &end, &r, &x, name) != 5)
 			continue;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index 7a744fa7b78655dfc9327e5f50d40dd1dd80476a..be81621446f01cf020c68d690e9772e49e736baf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+/* max length of lines in /proc/self/maps - anything longer is skipped here */
+#define MAPS_LINE_LEN 128
+
 static void sethandler(int sig, void (*handler)(int, siginfo_t *, void *),
 		       int flags)
 {
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ static int init_vsys(void)
 #ifdef __x86_64__
 	int nerrs = 0;
 	FILE *maps;
-	char line[128];
+	char line[MAPS_LINE_LEN];
 	bool found = false;
 
 	maps = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
@@ -108,10 +111,12 @@ static int init_vsys(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), maps)) {
+	while (fgets(line, MAPS_LINE_LEN, maps)) {
 		char r, x;
 		void *start, *end;
-		char name[128];
+		char name[MAPS_LINE_LEN];
+
+		/* sscanf() is safe here as strlen(name) >= strlen(line) */
 		if (sscanf(line, "%p-%p %c-%cp %*x %*x:%*x %*u %s",
 			   &start, &end, &r, &x, name) != 5)
 			continue;