From: Philip Homburg <philip@cs.vu.nl>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:05:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Hack for buffer overflow, should be fixed properly.
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Hack for buffer overflow, should be fixed properly.
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diff --git a/commands/ash/expand.c b/commands/ash/expand.c
index 8fbc82650..1b6d2a816 100755
--- a/commands/ash/expand.c
+++ b/commands/ash/expand.c
@@ -672,7 +672,10 @@ expandmeta(str)
 		savelastp = exparg.lastp;
 		INTOFF;
 		if (expdir == NULL)
-			expdir = ckmalloc(1024); /* I hope this is big enough */
+		{
+			int i = strlen(str->text);
+			expdir = ckmalloc(i < 2048 ? 2048 : i); /* XXX */
+		}
 		expmeta(expdir, str->text);
 		ckfree(expdir);
 		expdir = NULL;