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;