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-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/NEWS1
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/network.c6
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/newt-frontend.c2
-rw-r--r--mdk-stage1/stdio-frontend.c2
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/NEWS b/mdk-stage1/NEWS
index 46ea493c0..09149f17f 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/NEWS
+++ b/mdk-stage1/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- fix unitialized memory screwing up dialog input (pok, mdv, mga#8729)
- kill bootsplash support (we drop bootsplash in kernel in 2008)
- kill firmware loader now that firmware are loaded by the kernel
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/network.c b/mdk-stage1/network.c
index 9030fbbde..29455e5bc 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/network.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/network.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static enum return_type configure_network(struct interface_info * intf)
char * boulet;
if (dhcp_hostname || dhcp_domain) {
- answers = (char **) malloc(sizeof(questions));
+ answers = (char **) calloc(1, sizeof(questions));
answers[0] = strdup(dhcp_hostname);
answers[1] = strdup(dhcp_domain);
}
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ enum return_type ftp_prepare(void)
if (!IS_AUTOMATIC) {
if (answers == NULL)
- answers = (char **) malloc(sizeof(questions));
+ answers = (char **) calloc(1, sizeof(questions));
results = choose_mirror_from_list(http_proxy_host, http_proxy_port, "ftp", &answers[0], &answers[1]);
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ enum return_type http_prepare(void)
if (!IS_AUTOMATIC) {
if (answers == NULL)
- answers = (char **) malloc(sizeof(questions));
+ answers = (char **) calloc(1, sizeof(questions));
results = choose_mirror_from_list(http_proxy_host, http_proxy_port, "http", &answers[0], &answers[1]);
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/newt-frontend.c b/mdk-stage1/newt-frontend.c
index 6bdded9d3..c0489b58d 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/newt-frontend.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/newt-frontend.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ enum return_type ask_from_entries(char *msg, char ** questions, char *** answers
entries[i].value = NULL;
if (*answers == NULL)
- *answers = (char **) malloc(sizeof(char *) * i);
+ *answers = (char **) calloc(1, sizeof(char *) * i);
else
already_answers = *answers;
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/stdio-frontend.c b/mdk-stage1/stdio-frontend.c
index d82f4852d..8c09330b5 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/stdio-frontend.c
+++ b/mdk-stage1/stdio-frontend.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ enum return_type ask_from_entries(char *msg, char ** questions, char *** answers
}
if (*answers == NULL)
- *answers = (char **) malloc(sizeof(char *) * i);
+ *answers = (char **) calloc(1, sizeof(char *) * i);
else
already_answers = *answers;