2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 4bba9fb44..dc3179dac 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ static void change_user(const struct passwd *pas)
 static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
 {
         const char *ptr;
-        int pid = xvfork();
+        int pid = vfork();
 
+        if (pid < 0) /* failure */
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
         if (pid) { /* parent */
                 wait4pid(pid);
                 return;
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
         pid_t pid;
         char c;
 
-        pid = xvfork();
+        pid = vfork();
+        if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
         if (pid) { /* PARENT */
                 if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
                         /* exitcode 0: child says it can read */
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 104548c23..a6d158c53 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
         void (*quit_signal)(int);
 
         resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_us() / 1000;
-        pid = xvfork();         /* Run CMD as child process.  */
+        pid = vfork();          /* Run CMD as child process.  */
+        if (pid < 0)
+                bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot fork");
         if (pid == 0) { /* If child.  */
                 /* Don't cast execvp arguments; that causes errors on some systems,
                    versus merely warnings if the cast is left off.  */