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-rw-r--r--coreutils/echo.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index 42c3f9ed8..72e18c161 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int echo_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
buflen += strlen(arg) + 1;
pp++;
}
- out = buffer = xmalloc(buflen);
+ out = buffer = xmalloc(buflen + 1); /* +1 is needed for "no args" case */
while ((arg = *argv) != NULL) {
int c;