if (dso->has_build_id) {
                u8 build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
 
-               if (elf_read_build_id(elf, build_id,
-                                     BUILD_ID_SIZE) != BUILD_ID_SIZE)
+               if (elf_read_build_id(elf, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) < 0)
                        goto out_elf_end;
 
                if (!dso__build_id_equal(dso, build_id))
        ptr = data->d_buf;
        while (ptr < (data->d_buf + data->d_size)) {
                GElf_Nhdr *nhdr = ptr;
-               int namesz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_namesz),
-                   descsz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_descsz);
+               size_t namesz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_namesz),
+                      descsz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_descsz);
                const char *name;
 
                ptr += sizeof(*nhdr);
                if (nhdr->n_type == NT_GNU_BUILD_ID &&
                    nhdr->n_namesz == sizeof("GNU")) {
                        if (memcmp(name, "GNU", sizeof("GNU")) == 0) {
-                               memcpy(bf, ptr, BUILD_ID_SIZE);
-                               err = BUILD_ID_SIZE;
+                               size_t sz = min(size, descsz);
+                               memcpy(bf, ptr, sz);
+                               memset(bf + sz, 0, size - sz);
+                               err = descsz;
                                break;
                        }
                }
        while (1) {
                char bf[BUFSIZ];
                GElf_Nhdr nhdr;
-               int namesz, descsz;
+               size_t namesz, descsz;
 
                if (read(fd, &nhdr, sizeof(nhdr)) != sizeof(nhdr))
                        break;
                descsz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr.n_descsz);
                if (nhdr.n_type == NT_GNU_BUILD_ID &&
                    nhdr.n_namesz == sizeof("GNU")) {
-                       if (read(fd, bf, namesz) != namesz)
+                       if (read(fd, bf, namesz) != (ssize_t)namesz)
                                break;
                        if (memcmp(bf, "GNU", sizeof("GNU")) == 0) {
-                               if (read(fd, build_id,
-                                   BUILD_ID_SIZE) == BUILD_ID_SIZE) {
+                               size_t sz = min(descsz, size);
+                               if (read(fd, build_id, sz) == (ssize_t)sz) {
+                                       memset(build_id + sz, 0, size - sz);
                                        err = 0;
                                        break;
                                }
-                       } else if (read(fd, bf, descsz) != descsz)
+                       } else if (read(fd, bf, descsz) != (ssize_t)descsz)
                                break;
                } else {
                        int n = namesz + descsz;