1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/readconf.c b/readconf.c
index 01e3d23e3..acfe97e9d 100644
--- a/readconf.c
+++ b/readconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.243 2015/10/25 23:14:03 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.244 2015/10/27 00:49:53 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
 
         /* Fork and execute the command. */
         if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
-                char *argv[4];
+                char *argv[] = { shell, "-c", xstrdup(cmd), NULL };
 
                 /* Child.  Permanently give up superuser privileges. */
                 permanently_drop_suid(original_real_uid);
@@ -472,11 +472,6 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
                         close(devnull);
                 closefrom(STDERR_FILENO + 1);
 
-                argv[0] = shell;
-                argv[1] = "-c";
-                argv[2] = cmd;
-                argv[3] = NULL;
-
                 execv(argv[0], argv);
                 error("Unable to execute '%.100s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
                 /* Die with signal to make this error apparent to parent. */