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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/resize_fat/io.pm b/perl-install/resize_fat/io.pm
index 8cf21d929..cbe0033ca 100644
--- a/perl-install/resize_fat/io.pm
+++ b/perl-install/resize_fat/io.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use resize_fat::fat;
 
 sub read($$$) {
     my ($fs, $pos, $size) = @_;
-    my $buf;
+    my $buf = "\0" x $size;
     sysseek $fs->{fd}, $pos, 0 or die "seeking to byte #$pos failed on device $fs->{fs_name}";
     sysread $fs->{fd}, $buf, $size or die "reading at byte #$pos failed on device $fs->{fs_name}";
     $buf;