diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 9722909..ca01d2d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
 unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
 int suid_dumpable = 0;
 
+struct core_name {
+	char *corename;
+	int used, size;
+};
+static atomic_t call_count = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
+
 /* The maximal length of core_pattern is also specified in sysctl.c */
 
 static LIST_HEAD(formats);
@@ -1459,127 +1465,148 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_binfmt);
 
+static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn)
+{
+	char *old_corename = cn->corename;
+
+	cn->size = CORENAME_MAX_SIZE * atomic_inc_return(&call_count);
+	cn->corename = krealloc(old_corename, cn->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!cn->corename) {
+		kfree(old_corename);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cn_printf(struct core_name *cn, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char *cur;
+	int need;
+	int ret;
+	va_list arg;
+
+	va_start(arg, fmt);
+	need = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+
+	if (likely(need < cn->size - cn->used - 1))
+		goto out_printf;
+
+	ret = expand_corename(cn);
+	if (ret)
+		goto expand_fail;
+
+out_printf:
+	cur = cn->corename + cn->used;
+	va_start(arg, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(cur, need + 1, fmt, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+	cn->used += need;
+	return 0;
+
+expand_fail:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* format_corename will inspect the pattern parameter, and output a
  * name into corename, which must have space for at least
  * CORENAME_MAX_SIZE bytes plus one byte for the zero terminator.
  */
-static int format_corename(char *corename, long signr)
+static int format_corename(struct core_name *cn, long signr)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	const char *pat_ptr = core_pattern;
 	int ispipe = (*pat_ptr == '|');
-	char *out_ptr = corename;
-	char *const out_end = corename + CORENAME_MAX_SIZE;
-	int rc;
 	int pid_in_pattern = 0;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	cn->size = CORENAME_MAX_SIZE * atomic_read(&call_count);
+	cn->corename = kmalloc(cn->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	cn->used = 0;
+
+	if (!cn->corename)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Repeat as long as we have more pattern to process and more output
 	   space */
 	while (*pat_ptr) {
 		if (*pat_ptr != '%') {
-			if (out_ptr == out_end)
+			if (*pat_ptr == 0)
 				goto out;
-			*out_ptr++ = *pat_ptr++;
+			err = cn_printf(cn, "%c", *pat_ptr++);
 		} else {
 			switch (*++pat_ptr) {
+			/* single % at the end, drop that */
 			case 0:
 				goto out;
 			/* Double percent, output one percent */
 			case '%':
-				if (out_ptr == out_end)
-					goto out;
-				*out_ptr++ = '%';
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%c", '%');
 				break;
 			/* pid */
 			case 'p':
 				pid_in_pattern = 1;
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%d", task_tgid_vnr(current));
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d",
+					      task_tgid_vnr(current));
 				break;
 			/* uid */
 			case 'u':
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%d", cred->uid);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d", cred->uid);
 				break;
 			/* gid */
 			case 'g':
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%d", cred->gid);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%d", cred->gid);
 				break;
 			/* signal that caused the coredump */
 			case 's':
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%ld", signr);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%ld", signr);
 				break;
 			/* UNIX time of coredump */
 			case 't': {
 				struct timeval tv;
 				do_gettimeofday(&tv);
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%lu", tv.tv_sec);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%lu", tv.tv_sec);
 				break;
 			}
 			/* hostname */
 			case 'h':
 				down_read(&uts_sem);
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%s", utsname()->nodename);
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%s",
+					      utsname()->nodename);
 				up_read(&uts_sem);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
 				break;
 			/* executable */
 			case 'e':
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%s", current->comm);
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%s", current->comm);
 				break;
 			/* core limit size */
 			case 'c':
-				rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-					      "%lu", rlimit(RLIMIT_CORE));
-				if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-					goto out;
-				out_ptr += rc;
+				err = cn_printf(cn, "%lu",
+					      rlimit(RLIMIT_CORE));
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 			}
 			++pat_ptr;
 		}
+
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	}
+
 	/* Backward compatibility with core_uses_pid:
 	 *
 	 * If core_pattern does not include a %p (as is the default)
 	 * and core_uses_pid is set, then .%pid will be appended to
 	 * the filename. Do not do this for piped commands. */
 	if (!ispipe && !pid_in_pattern && core_uses_pid) {
-		rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-			      ".%d", task_tgid_vnr(current));
-		if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
-			goto out;
-		out_ptr += rc;
+		err = cn_printf(cn, ".%d", task_tgid_vnr(current));
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	}
 out:
-	*out_ptr = 0;
 	return ispipe;
 }
 
@@ -1856,7 +1883,7 @@
 void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct core_state core_state;
-	char corename[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE + 1];
+	struct core_name cn;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 	struct linux_binfmt * binfmt;
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
@@ -1911,7 +1938,13 @@
 	 */
 	clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
 
-	ispipe = format_corename(corename, signr);
+	ispipe = format_corename(&cn, signr);
+
+	if (ispipe == -ENOMEM) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "format_corename failed\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Aborting core\n");
+		goto fail_corename;
+	}
 
  	if (ispipe) {
 		int dump_count;
@@ -1948,7 +1981,7 @@
 			goto fail_dropcount;
 		}
 
-		helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, corename+1, NULL);
+		helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, cn.corename+1, NULL);
 		if (!helper_argv) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s failed to allocate memory\n",
 			       __func__);
@@ -1961,7 +1994,7 @@
 		argv_free(helper_argv);
 		if (retval) {
  			printk(KERN_INFO "Core dump to %s pipe failed\n",
-			       corename);
+			       cn.corename);
 			goto close_fail;
  		}
 	} else {
@@ -1970,7 +2003,7 @@
 		if (cprm.limit < binfmt->min_coredump)
 			goto fail_unlock;
 
-		cprm.file = filp_open(corename,
+		cprm.file = filp_open(cn.corename,
 				 O_CREAT | 2 | O_NOFOLLOW | O_LARGEFILE | flag,
 				 0600);
 		if (IS_ERR(cprm.file))
@@ -2012,6 +2045,8 @@
 	if (ispipe)
 		atomic_dec(&core_dump_count);
 fail_unlock:
+	kfree(cn.corename);
+fail_corename:
 	coredump_finish(mm);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 fail_creds: