rc_getline keeps expanding it's malloced buffer until it has read a whole line or EOF. All functions which read into static buffers have been changed to use fhis function to avoid any potential overflows and to ensure we really do read a long long config line.

15 files changed, 114 insertions, 172 deletions

diff --git a/src/cc.mk b/src/cc.mk
index d3c96a65..1dc1b3fe 100644
--- a/src/cc.mk
+++ b/src/cc.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CFLAGS ?= -O2 -pipe
 
 # GNU Make way of detecting gcc flags we can use
 check_gcc=$(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; \
-	  then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)
+		  then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)
 
 # pmake check for extra cflags 
 WEXTRA != for x in -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wsequence-point -Wextra; do \
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ WEXTRA != for x in -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wsequence-point -Wextra; do \
 
 # Loads of nice flags to ensure our code is good
 CFLAGS += -pedantic -std=c99 \
-    -Wall -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wshadow -Wformat=2 \
-    -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings \
-    -Wbad-function-cast -Wnested-externs -Wcomment -Winline \
-    -Wchar-subscripts -Wcast-align -Wno-format-nonliteral \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wdeclaration-after-statement) \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wsequence-point) \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wextra) $(WEXTRA)
+		  -Wall -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wshadow -Wformat=2 \
+		  -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings \
+		  -Wbad-function-cast -Wnested-externs -Wcomment -Winline \
+		  -Wchar-subscripts -Wcast-align -Wno-format-nonliteral \
+		  $(call check_gcc, -Wdeclaration-after-statement) \
+		  $(call check_gcc, -Wsequence-point) \
+		  $(call check_gcc, -Wextra) $(WEXTRA)
diff --git a/src/default.mk b/src/default.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f4fcb2..00000000
--- a/src/default.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2007-2008 Roy Marples 
-
-CC ?= gcc
-AR ?= ar
-RANLIB ?= ranlib
-CFLAGS += -O2 -pipe
-LDFLAGS += -L.
-PICFLAG = -fPIC
-
-# GNU Make way of detecting gcc flags we can use
-check_gcc=$(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; \
-	  then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)
-
-# pmake check for extra cflags 
-WEXTRA != for x in -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wsequence-point -Wextra; do \
-	if $(CC) $$x -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; \
-	then echo -n "$$x "; fi \
-	done
-
-# Loads of nice flags to ensure our code is good
-CFLAGS += -pedantic -std=c99 \
-    -Wall -Wunused -Wimplicit -Wshadow -Wformat=2 \
-    -Wmissing-declarations -Wno-missing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings \
-    -Wbad-function-cast -Wnested-externs -Wcomment -Winline \
-    -Wchar-subscripts -Wcast-align -Wno-format-nonliteral \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wdeclaration-after-statement) \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wsequence-point) \
-    $(call check_gcc, -Wextra) $(WEXTRA)
-
-# For debugging. -Werror is pointless due to ISO C issues with dlsym
-#CFLAGS += -ggdb
-
-TOPDIR = ..
-include $(TOPDIR)/default.mk
diff --git a/src/librc/librc-daemon.c b/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
index fe9509de..04852e0e 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-daemon.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static bool _match_daemon (const char *path, const char *file,
 						   const char *mexec, const char *mname,
 						   const char *mpidfile)
 {
-	char *buffer;
+	char *line;
 	char *ffile = rc_strcatpaths (path, file, (char *) NULL);
 	FILE *fp;
 	int lc = 0;
@@ -281,19 +281,14 @@ static bool _match_daemon (const char *path, const char *file,
 	if (! mpidfile)
 		m += 100;
 
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	while ((fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp))) {
-		int lb = strlen (buffer) - 1;
-		if (buffer[lb] == '\n')
-			buffer[lb] = 0;
-
-		if (strcmp (buffer, mexec) == 0)
+	while ((line = rc_getline (fp))) {
+		if (strcmp (line, mexec) == 0)
 			m += 1;
-		else if (mname && strcmp (buffer, mname) == 0)
+		else if (mname && strcmp (line, mname) == 0)
 			m += 10;
-		else if (mpidfile && strcmp (buffer, mpidfile) == 0)
+		else if (mpidfile && strcmp (line, mpidfile) == 0)
 			m += 100;
+		free (line);
 
 		if (m == 111)
 			break;
@@ -302,7 +297,6 @@ static bool _match_daemon (const char *path, const char *file,
 		if (lc > 5)
 			break;
 	}
-	free (buffer);
 	fclose (fp);
 	free (ffile);
 
@@ -460,7 +454,7 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service)
 	struct dirent *d;
 	char *path;
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *buffer = NULL;
+	char *line;
 	char *exec = NULL;
 	char *name = NULL;
 	char *pidfile = NULL;
@@ -481,9 +475,6 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service)
 		return (false);
 	}
 
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
-
 	while ((d = readdir (dp))) {
 		if (d->d_name[0] == '.')
 			continue;
@@ -494,17 +485,17 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service)
 		if (! fp)
 			break;
 
-		while ((fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp))) {
-			int lb = strlen (buffer) - 1;
-			if (buffer[lb] == '\n')
-				buffer[lb] = 0;
-
-			p = buffer;
-			if ((token = strsep (&p, "=")) == NULL || ! p)
+		while ((line = rc_getline (fp))) {
+			p = line;
+			if ((token = strsep (&p, "=")) == NULL || ! p) {
+				free (line);
 				continue;
+			}
 
-			if (strlen (p) == 0)
+			if (strlen (p) == 0) {
+				free (line);
 				continue;
+			}
 
 			if (strcmp (token, "exec") == 0) {
 				if (exec)
@@ -519,6 +510,7 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service)
 					free (pidfile);
 				pidfile = xstrdup (p);
 			}
+			free (line);
 		}
 		fclose (fp);
 
@@ -563,7 +555,6 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service)
 		name = NULL;
 	}
 
-	free (buffer);
 	free (exec);
 	free (name);
 	free (dirpath);
diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index 0ce95e60..aece3858 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ rc_depinfo_t *rc_deptree_load (void)
 	rc_depinfo_t *deptree = NULL;
 	rc_depinfo_t *depinfo = NULL;
 	rc_deptype_t *deptype = NULL;
-	char buffer [RC_LINEBUFFER];
+	char *line;
 	char *type;
 	char *p;
 	char *e;
@@ -133,26 +133,26 @@ rc_depinfo_t *rc_deptree_load (void)
 	if (! (fp = fopen (RC_DEPTREE, "r")))
 		return (NULL);
 
-	while (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp))
+	while ((line = rc_getline (fp)))
 	{
-		p = buffer;
+		p = line;
 		e = strsep (&p, "_");
 		if (! e || strcmp (e, "depinfo") != 0)
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		e = strsep (&p, "_");
 		if (! e || sscanf (e, "%d", &i) != 1)
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		if (! (type = strsep (&p, "_=")))
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		if (strcmp (type, "service") == 0)
 		{
 			/* Sanity */
 			e = get_shell_value (p);
 			if (! e || strlen (e) == 0)
-				continue;
+				goto next;
 
 			if (! deptree)
 			{
@@ -167,17 +167,17 @@ rc_depinfo_t *rc_deptree_load (void)
 			memset (depinfo, 0, sizeof (rc_depinfo_t));
 			depinfo->service = xstrdup (e);
 			deptype = NULL;
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 		}
 
 		e = strsep (&p, "=");
 		if (! e || sscanf (e, "%d", &i) != 1)
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		/* Sanity */
 		e = get_shell_value (p);
 		if (! e || strlen (e) == 0)
-			continue;
+			goto next;
 
 		if (! deptype)
 		{
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ rc_depinfo_t *rc_deptree_load (void)
 			deptype->type = xstrdup (type);
 
 		rc_strlist_addsort (&deptype->services, e);
+
+next:
+		free (line);
 	}
 	fclose (fp);
 
@@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ bool rc_deptree_update (void)
 	rc_deptype_t *deptype = NULL;
 	rc_deptype_t *dt;
 	rc_deptype_t *last_deptype = NULL;
-	char *buffer = NULL;
+	char *line;
 	int len;
 	int i;
 	int j;
@@ -740,20 +743,14 @@ bool rc_deptree_update (void)
 
 	deptree = xmalloc (sizeof (rc_depinfo_t));
 	memset (deptree, 0, sizeof (rc_depinfo_t));
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
 
 	/* Phase 2 */
-	while (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp))
+	while ((line = rc_getline (fp)))
 	{
-		/* Trim the newline */
-		if (buffer[strlen (buffer) - 1] == '\n')
-			buffer[strlen(buffer) -1] = 0;
-
-		depends = buffer;
+		depends = line;
 		service = strsep (&depends, " ");
 		if (! service)
-			continue;
+			goto next;	
 		type = strsep (&depends, " ");
 
 		for (depinfo = deptree; depinfo; depinfo = depinfo->next)
@@ -778,7 +775,7 @@ bool rc_deptree_update (void)
 
 		/* We may not have any depends */
 		if (! type || ! depends)
-			continue;
+			goto next;	
 
 		/* Get the type */
 		if (strcmp (type, "config") != 0) {
@@ -844,9 +841,11 @@ bool rc_deptree_update (void)
 					rc_strlist_delete (&dt->services, depend);
 			}
 		}
+
+next:
+		free (line);
 	}
 	pclose (fp);
-	free (buffer);
 
 	/* Phase 3 - add our providors to the tree */
 	for (depinfo = deptree; depinfo; depinfo = depinfo->next)
diff --git a/src/librc/librc-misc.c b/src/librc/librc-misc.c
index b8f59936..8cbd6a6d 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-misc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-misc.c
@@ -105,6 +105,30 @@ char *rc_strcatpaths (const char *path1, const char *paths, ...)
 }
 librc_hidden_def(rc_strcatpaths)
 
+char *rc_getline (FILE *fp)
+{
+	char *line = NULL;
+	size_t len = 0;
+	size_t last = 0;
+
+	if (feof (fp))
+		return (NULL);
+
+	do {
+		len += BUFSIZ;
+		line = xrealloc (line, sizeof (char) * len);
+		fgets (line + last, BUFSIZ, fp);
+		last = strlen (line + last) - 1;
+	} while (! feof (fp) && line[last] != '\n');
+
+	/* Trim the trailing newline */
+	if (line[last] == '\n')
+		line[last] = '\0';
+
+	return (line);
+}
+librc_hidden_def(rc_getline)
+
 char **rc_config_list (const char *file)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
@@ -112,26 +136,12 @@ char **rc_config_list (const char *file)
 	char *p;
 	char *token;
 	char **list = NULL;
-	size_t buflen = BUFSIZ;
-	size_t last;
 
 	if (! (fp = fopen (file, "r")))
 		return (NULL);
 
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * buflen);
-	buffer[buflen - 1] = '\0';
-	while (fgets (buffer, buflen, fp)) {
-		/* Increase the buffer to read the rest of the line if needed */
-		last = strlen (buffer) - 1;
-		while (! feof (fp) && buffer[last] != '\n') {
-			buflen += BUFSIZ;
-			buffer = xrealloc (buffer, sizeof (char *) * buflen);
-			fgets (buffer + last, BUFSIZ, fp);
-			last = strlen (buffer) - 1;
-		}
-
+	while ((p = buffer = rc_getline (fp))) {
 		/* Strip leading spaces/tabs */
-		p = buffer;
 		while ((*p == ' ') || (*p == '\t'))
 			p++;
 
@@ -144,8 +154,8 @@ char **rc_config_list (const char *file)
 
 			rc_strlist_add (&list, token);
 		}
+		free (buffer);
 	}
-	free (buffer);
 	fclose (fp);
 
 	return (list);
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index dbabdc03..07652f4d 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ char **rc_service_extra_commands (const char *service)
 	char *buffer = NULL;
 	char **commands = NULL;
 	char *token;
-	char *p = buffer;
+	char *p;
 	FILE *fp;
 	int l;
 
@@ -319,13 +319,9 @@ char **rc_service_extra_commands (const char *service)
 	snprintf (cmd, l, OPTSTR, svc);
 	free (svc);
 	if ((fp = popen (cmd, "r"))) {
-		buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-		if (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp)) {
-			if (buffer[strlen (buffer) - 1] == '\n')
-				buffer[strlen (buffer) - 1] = '\0';
-			while ((token = strsep (&p, " ")))
-				rc_strlist_addsort (&commands, token);
-		}
+		p = buffer = rc_getline (fp);
+		while ((token = strsep (&p, " ")))
+			rc_strlist_addsort (&commands, token);
 		pclose (fp);
 		free (buffer);
 	}
@@ -338,12 +334,10 @@ librc_hidden_def(rc_service_extra_commands)
 char *rc_service_description (const char *service, const char *option)
 {
 	char *svc;
-	char *cmd = NULL;
-	char *buffer;
+	char *cmd;
 	char *desc = NULL;
 	FILE *fp;
 	int i;
-	int l;
 
 	if (! (svc = rc_service_resolve (service)))
 		return (NULL);
@@ -351,24 +345,12 @@ char *rc_service_description (const char *service, const char *option)
 	if (! option)
 		option = "";
 
-	l = strlen (DESCSTR) + strlen (svc) + strlen (option) + 2;
-	cmd = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * l);
-	snprintf (cmd, l, DESCSTR, svc, option ? "_" : "", option);
+	i = strlen (DESCSTR) + strlen (svc) + strlen (option) + 2;
+	cmd = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * i);
+	snprintf (cmd, i, DESCSTR, svc, option ? "_" : "", option);
 	free (svc);
 	if ((fp = popen (cmd, "r"))) {
-		buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-		while (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp)) {
-			if (! desc) {
-				desc = xmalloc (strlen (buffer) + 1);
-				*desc = '\0';
-			} else {
-				desc = xrealloc (desc, strlen (desc) + strlen (buffer) + 1);
-			}
-			i = strlen (desc);
-			memcpy (desc + i, buffer, strlen (buffer));
-			memset (desc + i + strlen (buffer), 0, 1);
-		}
-		free (buffer);
+		desc = rc_getline (fp);
 		pclose (fp);
 	}
 	free (cmd);
@@ -547,18 +529,17 @@ librc_hidden_def(rc_service_state)
 char *rc_service_value_get (const char *service, const char *option)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *buffer = NULL;
+	char *line = NULL;
 	char *file = rc_strcatpaths (RC_SVCDIR, "options", service, option,
 								 (char *) NULL);
 
 	if ((fp = fopen (file, "r"))) {
-		buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-		fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp);
+		line = rc_getline (fp);
 		fclose (fp);
 	}
 	free (file);
 
-	return (buffer);
+	return (line);
 }
 librc_hidden_def(rc_service_value_get)
 
diff --git a/src/librc/librc.h b/src/librc/librc.h
index 32b5000a..491462b8 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.h
+++ b/src/librc/librc.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ librc_hidden_proto(rc_deptree_order)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_deptree_update)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_deptree_update_needed)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_find_pids)
+librc_hidden_proto(rc_getline)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_exists)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_get)
 librc_hidden_proto(rc_runlevel_list)
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h b/src/librc/rc.h
index 0020764e..fe1213b0 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 /*! @name Reserved runlevel names */
 #define RC_LEVEL_SYSINIT    "sysinit"
@@ -347,6 +348,9 @@ extern FILE *rc_environ_fd;
 
 /*! @name Configuration
  * These functions help to deal with shell based configuration files */
+/*! Return a line from a file, stripping the trailing newline. */
+char *rc_getline (FILE *fp);
+
 /*! Return a NULL terminated list of non comment lines from a file. */
 char **rc_config_list (const char *file);
 
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.map b/src/librc/rc.map
index e5f8ee34..ff7ef7d1 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.map
+++ b/src/librc/rc.map
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ global:
 	rc_deptree_update_needed;
 	rc_environ_fd;
 	rc_find_pids;
+	rc_getline;
 	rc_runlevel_exists;
 	rc_runlevel_get;
 	rc_runlevel_list;
diff --git a/src/rc-misc.h b/src/rc-misc.h
index c9f699eb..b7208e67 100644
--- a/src/rc-misc.h
+++ b/src/rc-misc.h
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
 
 #define RC_PLUGINDIR            RC_LIBDIR "/plugins"
 
-/* Max buffer to read a line from a file */
-#define RC_LINEBUFFER           4096 
-
 #define ERRX					fprintf (stderr, "out of memory\n"); exit (1)
 
 static inline void *xmalloc (size_t size)
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-logger.c b/src/rc/rc-logger.c
index 675a4d23..f4c610a2 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-logger.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-logger.c
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ void rc_logger_open (const char *level)
 				write_time (log, "started");
 			else {
 				free (logbuf);
-				logbuf_size = RC_LINEBUFFER * 10;
+				logbuf_size = BUFSIZ * 10;
 				logbuf = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * logbuf_size);
 				logbuf_len = 0;
 			}
 
-			buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
+			buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * BUFSIZ);
 			selfd = rc_logger_tty > signal_pipe[0] ? rc_logger_tty : signal_pipe[0];
 			while (1) {
 				FD_ZERO (&rset);
@@ -200,15 +200,15 @@ void rc_logger_open (const char *level)
 
 				if (s > 0) {
 					if (FD_ISSET (rc_logger_tty, &rset)) {
-						memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
-						bytes = read (rc_logger_tty, buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER);
+						memset (buffer, 0, BUFSIZ);
+						bytes = read (rc_logger_tty, buffer, BUFSIZ);
 						write (STDOUT_FILENO, buffer, bytes);
 
 						if (log)
 							write_log (fileno (log), buffer, bytes);
 						else {
 							if (logbuf_size - logbuf_len < bytes) {
-								logbuf_size += RC_LINEBUFFER * 10;
+								logbuf_size += BUFSIZ * 10;
 								logbuf = xrealloc (logbuf, sizeof (char ) *
 												   logbuf_size);
 							}
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index 85d7cd76..79db4323 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ char **env_filter (void)
 static bool file_regex (const char *file, const char *regex)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *buffer;
+	char *line;
 	regex_t re;
 	bool retval = false;
 	int result;
@@ -246,23 +246,22 @@ static bool file_regex (const char *file, const char *regex)
 	if (! (fp = fopen (file, "r")))
 		return (false);
 
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
 	if ((result = regcomp (&re, regex, REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) != 0) {
 		fclose (fp);
-		regerror (result, &re, buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER);
-		fprintf (stderr, "file_regex: %s", buffer);
-		free (buffer);
+		line = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * BUFSIZ);
+		regerror (result, &re, line, BUFSIZ);
+		fprintf (stderr, "file_regex: %s", line);
+		free (line);
 		return (false);
 	}
 
-	while (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp)) {
-		if (regexec (&re, buffer, 0, NULL, 0) == 0)
-		{
+	while ((line = rc_getline (fp))) {
+		if (regexec (&re, line, 0, NULL, 0) == 0)
 			retval = true;
+		free (line);
+		if (retval)
 			break;
-		}
 	}
-	free (buffer);
 	fclose (fp);
 	regfree (&re);
 
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-plugin.c b/src/rc/rc-plugin.c
index 613f049e..861f064d 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-plugin.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-plugin.c
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ void rc_plugin_run (rc_hook_t hook, const char *value)
 				ssize_t nr;
 
 				close (pfd[1]);
-				buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-				memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
+				buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * BUFSIZ);
+				memset (buffer, 0, BUFSIZ);
 
-				while ((nr = read (pfd[0], buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER)) > 0) {
+				while ((nr = read (pfd[0], buffer, BUFSIZ)) > 0) {
 					p = buffer;
 					while (*p && p - buffer < nr) {
 						token = strsep (&p, "=");
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index 6874efce..c94bf11f 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static int do_shell_var (int argc, char **argv)
 static char *proc_getent (const char *ent)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
-	char *buffer;
+	char *proc;
 	char *p;
 	char *value = NULL;
 	int i;
@@ -492,18 +492,11 @@ static char *proc_getent (const char *ent)
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	memset (buffer, 0, RC_LINEBUFFER);
-	if (fgets (buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER, fp) &&
-		(p = strstr (buffer, ent)))
+	if ((proc = rc_getline (fp)) &&
+		(p = strstr (proc, ent)))
 	{ 
-		i = p - buffer;
-		if (i == '\0' || buffer[i - 1] == ' ') {
-			/* Trim the trailing carriage return if present */
-			i = strlen (buffer) - 1;
-			if (buffer[i] == '\n')
-				buffer[i] = 0;
-
+		i = p - proc;
+		if (i == '\0' || proc[i - 1] == ' ') {
 			p += strlen (ent);
 			if (*p == '=')
 				p++;
@@ -511,7 +504,7 @@ static char *proc_getent (const char *ent)
 		}
 	} else
 		errno = ENOENT;
-	free (buffer);
+	free (proc);
 	fclose (fp);
 
 	return (value);
diff --git a/src/rc/runscript.c b/src/rc/runscript.c
index fdb0496b..0e750c54 100644
--- a/src/rc/runscript.c
+++ b/src/rc/runscript.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static bool svc_exec (const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 	}
 
 	selfd = MAX (master_tty, signal_pipe[0]) + 1;
-	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * RC_LINEBUFFER);
+	buffer = xmalloc (sizeof (char) * BUFSIZ);
 	while (1) {
 		FD_ZERO (&rset);
 		FD_SET (signal_pipe[0], &rset);
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static bool svc_exec (const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
 
 		if (s > 0) {
 			if (master_tty >= 0 && FD_ISSET (master_tty, &rset)) {
-				bytes = read (master_tty, buffer, RC_LINEBUFFER);
+				bytes = read (master_tty, buffer, BUFSIZ);
 				write_prefix (buffer, bytes, &prefixed);
 			}