* variable.c (create_pattern_var): [SV 51266] Create with xcalloc().

Reported by Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>

diff --git a/variable.c b/variable.c
index 364774f05064ca1af64fcf1947bce4b17696abec..e9bf5b597415cd2c720486b0af89dd3320396a3a 100644 (file)
--- a/variable.c
+++ b/variable.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct pattern_var *
 create_pattern_var (const char *target, const char *suffix)
 {
   register unsigned int len = strlen (target);
-  register struct pattern_var *p = xmalloc (sizeof (struct pattern_var));
+  register struct pattern_var *p = xcalloc (sizeof (struct pattern_var));
 
   if (pattern_vars != 0)
     {