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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
index 3bf4b4f..fc8b08d 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ H5std_string CommonFG::getLinkval( const char* name, size_t size ) const
if (val_size > 0)
{
value_C = new char[val_size+1]; // temporary C-string for C API
+ HDmemset(value_C, 0, val_size+1); // clear buffer
ret_value = H5Lget_val(getLocId(), name, value_C, val_size, H5P_DEFAULT);
if( ret_value < 0 )
@@ -881,6 +882,8 @@ H5std_string CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
// now, allocate C buffer to get the name
char* name_C = new char[name_len+1];
+ HDmemset(name_C, 0, name_len+1); // clear buffer
+
name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, name_C, name_len+1, H5P_DEFAULT);
// clean up and return the string
@@ -924,8 +927,10 @@ ssize_t CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* name, size_t size) const
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ssize_t CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const
{
- char* name_C = new char[size];
- ssize_t name_len = getObjnameByIdx(idx, name_C, size);
+ char* name_C = new char[size+1]; // temporary C-string for object name
+ HDmemset(name_C, 0, size+1); // clear buffer
+
+ ssize_t name_len = getObjnameByIdx(idx, name_C, size+1);
if(name_len < 0)
throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");