1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bufaux.c b/bufaux.c
index cbdc22c64..cd9a35ded 100644
--- a/bufaux.c
+++ b/bufaux.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: bufaux.c,v 1.44 2006/08/03 03:34:41 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: bufaux.c,v 1.46 2008/06/10 23:21:34 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ buffer_get_string_ret(Buffer *buffer, u_int *length_ptr)
                 return (NULL);
         }
         /* Append a null character to make processing easier. */
-        value[len] = 0;
+        value[len] = '\0';
         /* Optionally return the length of the string. */
         if (length_ptr)
                 *length_ptr = len;
@@ -197,6 +197,22 @@ buffer_get_string(Buffer *buffer, u_int *length_ptr)
         return (ret);
 }
 
+void *
+buffer_get_string_ptr(Buffer *buffer, u_int *length_ptr)
+{
+        void *ptr;
+        u_int len;
+
+        len = buffer_get_int(buffer);
+        if (len > 256 * 1024)
+                fatal("buffer_get_string_ptr: bad string length %u", len);
+        ptr = buffer_ptr(buffer);
+        buffer_consume(buffer, len);
+        if (length_ptr)
+                *length_ptr = len;
+        return (ptr);
+}
+
 /*
  * Stores and arbitrary binary string in the buffer.
  */