commit 705a79f82560ff6472cebed86aa5db04cdea3bce Author: Florian Weimer Date: Wed Nov 30 14:59:27 2016 +0100 libio: Limit buffer size to 8192 bytes [BZ #4099] This avoids overly large buffers with network file systems which report very large block sizes. Index: b/libio/filedoalloc.c =================================================================== --- a/libio/filedoalloc.c +++ b/libio/filedoalloc.c @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ _IO_file_doallocate (fp) fp->_flags |= _IO_LINE_BUF; } #if _IO_HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE - if (st.st_blksize > 0) + if (st.st_blksize > 0 && st.st_blksize < _IO_BUFSIZ) size = st.st_blksize; #endif }