-/* $OpenBSD: bufaux.c,v 1.56 2014/02/02 03:44:31 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: bufaux.c,v 1.57 2014/04/16 23:22:45 djm Exp $ */
/*
* Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
* Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
if (l > 8 * 1024)
fatal("%s: length %u too long", __func__, l);
+ /* Skip leading zero bytes */
+ for (; l > 0 && *s == 0; l--, s++)
+ ;
p = buf = xmalloc(l + 1);
/*
* If most significant bit is set then prepend a zero byte to