1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copyfd.c b/libbb/copyfd.c
index aa8fbb967..3255e424a 100644
--- a/libbb/copyfd.c
+++ b/libbb/copyfd.c
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
 #define BUFSIZ 4096
 #endif
 
-/* Used by NOFORK applets (e.g. cat) - must be very careful
- * when calling xfuncs, allocating memory, with signals, termios, etc... */
+/* Used by NOFORK applets (e.g. cat) - must not use xmalloc */
 
 static off_t bb_full_fd_action(int src_fd, int dst_fd, off_t size)
 {
         int status = -1;
         off_t total = 0;
-        RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer, BUFSIZ);
+        char buffer[BUFSIZ];
 
         if (src_fd < 0)
                 goto out;
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ static off_t bb_full_fd_action(int src_fd, int dst_fd, off_t size)
                 }
         }
  out:
-        RELEASE_CONFIG_BUFFER(buffer);
         return status ? -1 : total;
 }