1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 0cfb365b6..f511bc2ed 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -230,20 +230,17 @@ static const char *humanly_readable_name(struct module_entry *m)
 
 static char *parse_and_add_kcmdline_module_options(char *options, const char *modulename)
 {
-        /* defined in arch/<architecture>/include/asm/setup.h
-         * (maximum is 2048 for IA64 and SPARC) */
-        char kcmdline_buf[2048];
+        char *kcmdline_buf;
         char *kcmdline;
         char *kptr;
         int len;
 
-        len = open_read_close("/proc/cmdline", kcmdline_buf, 2047);
-        if (len <= 0)
+        kcmdline_buf = xmalloc_open_read_close("/proc/cmdline", NULL);
+        if (!kcmdline_buf)
                 return options;
-        kcmdline_buf[len] = '\0';
 
-        len = strlen(modulename);
         kcmdline = kcmdline_buf;
+        len = strlen(modulename);
         while ((kptr = strsep(&kcmdline, "\n\t ")) != NULL) {
                 if (strncmp(modulename, kptr, len) != 0)
                         continue;
@@ -257,6 +254,7 @@ static char *parse_and_add_kcmdline_module_options(char *options, const char *mo
                         options = gather_options_str(options, kptr);
                 }
         }
+        free(kcmdline_buf);
 
         return options;
 }