diff -Nur a/include/flatbuffers/base.h b/include/flatbuffers/base.h
--- a/include/flatbuffers/base.h	2018-10-04 03:48:47.000000000 +0800
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/base.h	2021-08-02 19:48:18.468933100 +0800
@@ -266,13 +266,30 @@
   return EndianScalar(*reinterpret_cast<const T *>(p));
 }
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__)
+  #define FLATBUFFERS_GCC (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
+#else
+  #define FLATBUFFERS_GCC 0
+#endif
+
+// See https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues/5950
+#if (FLATBUFFERS_GCC >= 100000) && (FLATBUFFERS_GCC < 110000)
+  #pragma GCC diagnostic push
+  #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstringop-overflow"
+#endif
+
 template<typename T> void WriteScalar(void *p, T t) {
   *reinterpret_cast<T *>(p) = EndianScalar(t);
 }
 
+#if (FLATBUFFERS_GCC >= 100000) && (FLATBUFFERS_GCC < 110000)
+  #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
 // Computes how many bytes you'd have to pad to be able to write an
 // "scalar_size" scalar if the buffer had grown to "buf_size" (downwards in
 // memory).
+
 inline size_t PaddingBytes(size_t buf_size, size_t scalar_size) {
   return ((~buf_size) + 1) & (scalar_size - 1);
 }