1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
index c9308f906..f3f04b582 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/get_header_tar.c
@@ -168,17 +168,15 @@ char get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
                 break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
         case 'L': {
-                        longname = xmalloc(file_header->size + 1);
+                        longname = xzalloc(file_header->size + 1);
                         archive_xread_all(archive_handle, longname, file_header->size);
-                        longname[file_header->size] = '\0';
                         archive_handle->offset += file_header->size;
 
                         return(get_header_tar(archive_handle));
                 }
         case 'K': {
-                        linkname = xmalloc(file_header->size + 1);
+                        linkname = xzalloc(file_header->size + 1);
                         archive_xread_all(archive_handle, linkname, file_header->size);
-                        linkname[file_header->size] = '\0';
                         archive_handle->offset += file_header->size;
 
                         file_header->name = linkname;