diff -up libpwquality-1.2.3/src/settings.c.settings libpwquality-1.2.3/src/settings.c

--- libpwquality-1.2.3/src/settings.c.settings	2013-09-12 12:48:34.000000000 +0200

+++ libpwquality-1.2.3/src/settings.c	2017-11-15 11:31:52.860620974 +0100

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pwquality_free_settings(pwquality_settin

 {

         if (pwq) {

                 free(pwq->dict_path);

+                free(pwq->bad_words);

                 free(pwq);

         }

 }

@@ -150,9 +151,11 @@ pwquality_read_config(pwquality_settings

                 if (*ptr == '\0')

                         continue;

+                eq = 0;

                 name = ptr;

                 while (*ptr != '\0') {

-                        if (isspace(*ptr)) {

+                        if (isspace(*ptr) || *ptr == '=') {

+                                eq = *ptr == '=';

                                 *ptr = '\0';

                                 ++ptr;

                                 break;

@@ -160,7 +163,6 @@ pwquality_read_config(pwquality_settings

                         ++ptr;

                 }

-                eq = 0;

                 while (*ptr != '\0') {

                         if (*ptr != '=' || eq) {

                                 if (!isspace(*ptr)) {

@@ -322,6 +324,9 @@ pwquality_get_int_value(pwquality_settin

         case PWQ_SETTING_MAX_CLASS_REPEAT:

                 *value = pwq->max_class_repeat;

                 break;

+        case PWQ_SETTING_MAX_SEQUENCE:

+                *value = pwq->max_sequence;

+                break;

         case PWQ_SETTING_GECOS_CHECK:

                 *value = pwq->gecos_check;

                 break;