1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 40bcafdd9..e6fa3d9a5 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -942,21 +942,11 @@ static int builtin_pwd(char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 /* built-in 'read VAR' handler */
 static int builtin_read(char **argv)
 {
-        char string[BUFSIZ];
-        char *p;
+        char *string;
         const char *name = argv[1] ? argv[1] : "REPLY";
-        int name_len = strlen(name);
 
-        if (name_len >= sizeof(string) - 2)
-                return EXIT_FAILURE;
-        strcpy(string, name);
-        p = string + name_len;
-        *p++ = '=';
-        *p = '\0'; /* In case stdin has only EOF */
-        /* read string. name_len+1 chars are already used by 'name=' */
-        fgets(p, sizeof(string) - 1 - name_len, stdin);
-        chomp(p);
-        return set_local_var(xstrdup(string), 0);
+        string = xmalloc_reads(STDIN_FILENO, xasprintf("%s=", name));
+        return set_local_var(string, 0);
 }
 
 /* built-in 'set [VAR=value]' handler */