From 2ef572b8fef32cd2a2201b4be563270858ae1b24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:58:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ReaderImplBase::ParseStrings(): Avoid new[0]

---
 src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp b/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
index d7cb3e95af..c10b5e0fda 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,12 @@ ReaderImplBase::CheckCompression(const SectionInfo& section) const
 status_t
 ReaderImplBase::ParseStrings()
 {
-	// allocate table
+	// allocate table, if there are any strings
+	if (fCurrentSection->stringsCount == 0) {
+		fCurrentSection->currentOffset += fCurrentSection->stringsLength;
+		return B_OK;
+	}
+
 	fCurrentSection->strings
 		= new(std::nothrow) char*[fCurrentSection->stringsCount];
 	if (fCurrentSection->strings == NULL) {