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-rw-r--r--nscd/nscd_gethst_r.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nscd/nscd_gethst_r.c b/nscd/nscd_gethst_r.c
index 70ee38b71f..9fa10e2740 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd_gethst_r.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd_gethst_r.c
@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ nscd_gethst_r (const char *key, size_t keylen, request_type type,
/* And finally read the aliases. */
if (addr_list == NULL)
{
- if ((size_t) __readall (sock, resultbuf->h_aliases[0], total_len)
- == total_len)
+ if (total_len == 0
+ || ((size_t) __readall (sock, resultbuf->h_aliases[0], total_len)
+ == total_len))
{
retval = 0;
*result = resultbuf;