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-rw-r--r--libbb/platform.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/platform.c b/libbb/platform.c
index 2bf34f5bc..d241d25a7 100644
--- a/libbb/platform.c
+++ b/libbb/platform.c
@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ int FAST_FUNC vasprintf(char **string_ptr, const char *format, va_list p)
r = vsnprintf(buf, 128, format, p);
va_end(p);
+ /* Note: can't use xstrdup/xmalloc, they call vasprintf (us) on failure! */
+
if (r < 128) {
va_end(p2);
- *string_ptr = xstrdup(buf);
+ *string_ptr = strdup(buf);
return r;
}
- *string_ptr = xmalloc(r+1);
- r = vsnprintf(*string_ptr, r+1, format, p2);
+ *string_ptr = malloc(r+1);
+ r = (*string_ptr ? vsnprintf(*string_ptr, r+1, format, p2) : -1);
va_end(p2);
return r;