1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/obscure.c b/libbb/obscure.c
index 537d4484f..aa15e4097 100644
--- a/libbb/obscure.c
+++ b/libbb/obscure.c
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ password_check(const char *old, const char *newval, const struct passwd *pwdp)
 
         msg = NULL;
         newmono = str_lower(bb_xstrdup(newval));
-        lenwrap = strlen(old) * 2 + 1;
-        wrapped = (char *) xmalloc(lenwrap);
+        lenwrap = strlen(old);
+        wrapped = (char *) xmalloc(lenwrap * 2 + 1);
         str_lower(strcpy(wrapped, old));
 
         if (palindrome(newmono))
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ password_check(const char *old, const char *newval, const struct passwd *pwdp)
         }
 
         bzero(newmono, strlen(newmono));
-        bzero(wrapped, lenwrap);
+        bzero(wrapped, lenwrap * 2);
         free(newmono);
         free(wrapped);