1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
index de49eb51d..722a904b5 100644
--- a/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
+++ b/libbb/get_line_from_file.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ char *bb_get_chunk_from_file(FILE * file, int *end)
                         free(linebuf);
                         return NULL;
                 }
+                linebuf = xrealloc(linebuf, idx+1);
                 linebuf[idx] = 0;
         }
         return linebuf;