1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 1b783f0f5..836d127e7 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -824,12 +824,15 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
 
         /* WARNING/NOTICE: I break Hard Links */
         if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
+                int link_size=0;
                 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
                 header.typeflag  = SYMTYPE;
-                if ( readlink(fileName, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1) < 0) {
+                link_size = readlink(fileName, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
+                if ( link_size < 0) {
                         errorMsg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
                         return ( FALSE);
                 }
+                buffer[link_size] = '\0';
                 strncpy(header.linkname, buffer, sizeof(header.linkname)); 
         } else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode)) {
                 header.typeflag  = DIRTYPE;