1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 6b0cab526..eba916a80 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -625,12 +625,11 @@ static char *process_regex_on_line(char *line, regex_t *pattern)
            insert_highlights, and then the line is returned. */
 
         int match_status;
-        char *line2 = (char *) malloc((sizeof(char) * (strlen(line) + 1)) + 64);
+        char *line2 = (char *) xmalloc((sizeof(char) * (strlen(line) + 1)) + 64);
         char sub_line[256];
         int prev_eo = 0;
         regmatch_t match_structs;
 
-        memset(sub_line, 0, 256);
         strcpy(line2, line);
 
         match_found = 0;
@@ -638,7 +637,7 @@ static char *process_regex_on_line(char *line, regex_t *pattern)
 
         while (match_status == 0) {
 
-                memset(sub_line, 0, 256);
+                memset(sub_line, 0, sizeof(sub_line));
 
                 if (match_found == 0)
                         match_found = 1;