libbb: dump: do not use uninitialized memory. close bug 4364.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/dump.c b/libbb/dump.c
index 0d553d4d0..74c5e1691 100644
--- a/libbb/dump.c
+++ b/libbb/dump.c
@@ -376,17 +376,16 @@ static unsigned char *get(priv_dumper_t *dumper)
 {
         int n;
         int need, nread;
-        unsigned char *tmpp;
         int blocksize = dumper->blocksize;
 
         if (!dumper->get__curp) {
                 dumper->address = (off_t)0; /*DBU:[dave@cray.com] initialize,initialize..*/
                 dumper->get__curp = xmalloc(blocksize);
-                dumper->get__savp = xmalloc(blocksize);
+                dumper->get__savp = xzalloc(blocksize); /* need to be initialized */
         } else {
-                tmpp = dumper->get__curp;
+                unsigned char *tmp = dumper->get__curp;
                 dumper->get__curp = dumper->get__savp;
-                dumper->get__savp = tmpp;
+                dumper->get__savp = tmp;
                 dumper->savaddress += blocksize;
                 dumper->address = dumper->savaddress;
         }