1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/procps/sysctl.c b/procps/sysctl.c
index 619f4f1e4..ef1a1b99f 100644
--- a/procps/sysctl.c
+++ b/procps/sysctl.c
@@ -257,12 +257,16 @@ static int sysctl_handle_preload_file(const char *filename)
         parse_flags &= ~PARSE_EOL_COMMENTS; // NO (only first char) - comments are recognized even if not first char
         while (config_read(parser, token, 2, 2, "#=", parse_flags)) {
                 char *tp;
-                trim(token[0]);
+
                 trim(token[1]);
+                tp = trim(token[0]);
                 sysctl_dots_to_slashes(token[0]);
-                tp = xasprintf("%s=%s", token[0], token[1]);
-                sysctl_act_on_setting(tp);
-                free(tp);
+                /* ^^^converted in-place. tp still points to NUL */
+                /* now, add "=TOKEN1" */
+                *tp++ = '=';
+                overlapping_strcpy(tp, token[1]);
+
+                sysctl_act_on_setting(token[0]);
         }
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
                 config_close(parser);