diff -urk.orig procps-3.2.5.orig/proc/readproc.c procps-3.2.5/proc/readproc.c
--- procps-3.2.5.orig/proc/readproc.c	2005-08-25 21:57:30 +0000
+++ procps-3.2.5/proc/readproc.c	2005-08-25 21:57:55 +0000
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 // room to spare.
 static proc_t* simple_readproc(PROCTAB *restrict const PT, proc_t *restrict const p) {
     static struct stat sb;		// stat() buffer
-    static char sbuf[1024];	// buffer for stat,statm
+    static char sbuf[4096];	// buffer for stat,statm
     char *restrict const path = PT->path;
     unsigned flags = PT->flags;
 
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 // path is a path to the task, with some room to spare.
 static proc_t* simple_readtask(PROCTAB *restrict const PT, const proc_t *restrict const p, proc_t *restrict const t, char *restrict const path) {
     static struct stat sb;		// stat() buffer
-    static char sbuf[1024];	// buffer for stat,statm
+    static char sbuf[4096];	// buffer for stat,statm
     unsigned flags = PT->flags;
 
 //printf("hhh\n");
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void look_up_our_self(proc_t *p) {
-    char sbuf[1024];
+    char sbuf[4096];
 
     if(file2str("/proc/self", "stat", sbuf, sizeof sbuf) == -1){
         fprintf(stderr, "%s", BAD_OPEN_MESSAGE);
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
  * and filled out proc_t structure.
  */
 proc_t * get_proc_stats(pid_t pid, proc_t *p) {
-	static char path[PATH_MAX], sbuf[1024];
+	static char path[PATH_MAX], sbuf[4096];
 	struct stat statbuf;
 
 	sprintf(path, "/proc/%d", pid);