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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/xdr/xdr.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/xdr/xdr.c b/lib/libc/xdr/xdr.c
index 59a843405abf..47aafea4bc30 100644
--- a/lib/libc/xdr/xdr.c
+++ b/lib/libc/xdr/xdr.c
@@ -696,6 +696,13 @@ xdr_string(XDR *xdrs, char **cpp, u_int maxsize)
if (sp == NULL) {
return(TRUE); /* already free */
}
+ /*
+ * XXX: buggy software may call this without a third
+ * argument via xdr_free(). Ignore maxsize since it may
+ * be invalid. Otherwise, if it's very small, we might
+ * fail to free the string.
+ */
+ maxsize = RPC_MAXDATASIZE;
/* FALLTHROUGH */
case XDR_ENCODE:
size = strlen(sp);