diff -up symlinks-1.4/symlinks.c.coverity-overrun-dynamic symlinks-1.4/symlinks.c --- symlinks-1.4/symlinks.c.coverity-overrun-dynamic 2011-05-20 14:10:25.682843723 +0100 +++ symlinks-1.4/symlinks.c 2011-05-20 14:11:15.792920839 +0100 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int substr (char *s, char *old, c newlen = strlen(new); if (newlen > oldlen) { - if ((tmp = malloc(strlen(s))) == NULL) { + if ((tmp = malloc(strlen(s)+1)) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "no memory\n"); exit (1); }