diff --git a/include/mdrv2.hpp b/include/mdrv2.hpp
index 4e431f4..5516fac 100644
--- a/include/mdrv2.hpp
+++ b/include/mdrv2.hpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
     const std::array<uint8_t, 16> smbiosTableId{
         40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 0x42};
-    uint8_t smbiosTableStorage[smbiosTableStorageSize];
+    uint8_t smbiosTableStorage[smbiosTableStorageSize] = {};
 
     bool smbiosIsUpdating(uint8_t index);
     bool smbiosIsAvailForUpdate(uint8_t index);
diff --git a/src/mdrv2.cpp b/src/mdrv2.cpp
index 73cc306..383709b 100644
--- a/src/mdrv2.cpp
+++ b/src/mdrv2.cpp
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@
 {
     const std::string anchorString21 = "_SM_";
     const std::string anchorString30 = "_SM3_";
-    std::string buffer(dataIn, dataIn + smbiosTableStorageSize);
+    std::string buffer(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(dataIn),
+                       smbiosTableStorageSize);
 
     auto it = std::search(std::begin(buffer), std::end(buffer),
                           std::begin(anchorString21), std::end(anchorString21));