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-rw-r--r--modules/pam_unix/support.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/support.c b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
index fdb45c20..abccd828 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/support.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/support.c
@@ -609,7 +609,12 @@ static int _unix_run_helper_binary(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *passwd,
/* if the stored password is NULL */
int rc=0;
if (passwd != NULL) { /* send the password to the child */
- if (write(fds[1], passwd, strlen(passwd)+1) == -1) {
+ int len = strlen(passwd);
+
+ if (len > PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE)
+ len = PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE;
+ if (write(fds[1], passwd, len) == -1 ||
+ write(fds[1], "", 1) == -1) {
pam_syslog (pamh, LOG_ERR, "Cannot send password to helper: %m");
retval = PAM_AUTH_ERR;
}