diff --git a/dev-util/cmake/files/cmake-2.8.3-buffer_overflow.patch b/dev-util/cmake/files/cmake-2.8.3-buffer_overflow.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/cmake/files/cmake-2.8.3-buffer_overflow.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urN cmake-2.8.3.orig//Source/kwsys/SystemInformation.cxx cmake-2.8.3//Source/kwsys/SystemInformation.cxx
+--- cmake-2.8.3.orig//Source/kwsys/SystemInformation.cxx	2010-12-25 16:56:42.609163498 +0100
++++ cmake-2.8.3//Source/kwsys/SystemInformation.cxx	2010-12-25 17:25:18.002163499 +0100
+@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
+ 
+ public:
+ #define VENDOR_STRING_LENGTH    (12 + 1)
+-#define CHIPNAME_STRING_LENGTH    (48 + 1)
++#define CHIPNAME_STRING_LENGTH    (68 + 1)
+ #define SERIALNUMBER_STRING_LENGTH  (29 + 1)
+ 
+   typedef struct tagID