1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c b/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
index 4b61b61d2..01058d3a1 100644
--- a/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
+++ b/libpwdgrp/pwd_grp.c
@@ -203,22 +203,6 @@ static char *parse_common(FILE *fp, const char *filename,
                         bb_error_msg("bad record at %s:%u", filename, count);
                         goto free_and_next;
                 }
-                S.string_size = S.tokenize_end - buf;
-
-/* Ugly hack: group db requires additional buffer space
- * for members[] array. If there is only one group, we need space
- * for 3 pointers: alignment padding, group name, NULL.
- * +1 for every additional group.
- */
-                if (n_fields == sizeof(GR_DEF)-1) { /* if we read group file */
-                        int cnt = 3;
-                        char *p = buf;
-                        while (*p)
-                                if (*p++ == ',')
-                                        cnt++;
-                        S.string_size += cnt * sizeof(char*);
-                        buf = xrealloc(buf, S.string_size);
-                }
 
                 if (!key) {
                         /* no key specified: sequential read, return a record */
@@ -232,6 +216,24 @@ static char *parse_common(FILE *fp, const char *filename,
                 free(buf);
         }
 
+        S.string_size = S.tokenize_end - buf;
+/*
+ * Ugly hack: group db requires additional buffer space
+ * for members[] array. If there is only one group, we need space
+ * for 3 pointers: alignment padding, group name, NULL.
+ * +1 for every additional group.
+ */
+        if (n_fields == sizeof(GR_DEF)-1) { /* if we read group file... */
+                int cnt = 3;
+                char *p = buf;
+                while (p < S.tokenize_end)
+                        if (*p++ == ',')
+                                cnt++;
+                S.string_size += cnt * sizeof(char*);
+//bb_error_msg("+%d words = %u key:%s buf:'%s'", cnt, S.string_size, key, buf);
+                buf = xrealloc(buf, S.string_size);
+        }
+
         return buf;
 }