If the config file does not end with a \n, the parser will append one. When re-allocating the array though, it is mistakenly assuming that 'len' is the length including the trailing NUL, but it does not. So we must add 2 to len, when reallocating, not 1. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/util/virconf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/virconf.c b/src/util/virconf.c index 7c98588..33e7744 100644 --- a/src/util/virconf.c +++ b/src/util/virconf.c @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ virConfReadFile(const char *filename, unsigned int flags) if (len && len < MAX_CONFIG_FILE_SIZE && content[len - 1] != '\n') { VIR_DEBUG("appending newline to busted config file %s", filename); - if (VIR_REALLOC_N(content, len + 1) < 0) + if (VIR_REALLOC_N(content, len + 2) < 0) goto cleanup; content[len++] = '\n'; content[len] = '\0'; -- 2.7.4 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list