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-rw-r--r--libc/unistd/getpass.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libc/unistd/getpass.c b/libc/unistd/getpass.c
index a490abe34..c46d3d442 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/getpass.c
+++ b/libc/unistd/getpass.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <string.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
#if defined __USE_BSD || (defined __USE_XOPEN && !defined __USE_XOPEN2K)
@@ -38,9 +39,12 @@ char * getpass (const char *prompt)
FILE *in, *out;
struct termios s, t;
int tty_changed;
- static char buf[PWD_BUFFER_SIZE];
+ static char *buf = NULL;
int nread;
+ if (buf == NULL)
+ buf = (char *)__uc_malloc(PWD_BUFFER_SIZE);
+
/* Try to write to and read from the terminal if we can.
If we can't open the terminal, use stderr and stdin. */
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ char * getpass (const char *prompt)
fflush(out);
/* Read the password. */
- if (!fgets (buf, sizeof(buf), in))
+ if (!fgets (buf, PWD_BUFFER_SIZE, in))
buf[0] = '\0';
nread = strlen(buf);
if (nread > 0 && buf[nread - 1] == '\n')