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diff --git a/time/getdate.c b/time/getdate.c
index 637dd18fcf..eadebc348b 100644
--- a/time/getdate.c
+++ b/time/getdate.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <alloca.h>
#define TM_YEAR_BASE 1900
@@ -135,6 +137,44 @@ __getdate_r (const char *string, struct tm *tp)
/* No threads reading this stream. */
__fsetlocking (fp, FSETLOCKING_BYCALLER);
+ /* Skip leading whitespace. */
+ while (isspace (*string))
+ string++;
+
+ size_t inlen, oldlen;
+
+ oldlen = inlen = strlen (string);
+
+ /* Skip trailing whitespace. */
+ while (inlen > 0 && isspace (string[inlen - 1]))
+ inlen--;
+
+ char *instr = NULL;
+
+ if (inlen < oldlen)
+ {
+ bool using_malloc = false;
+
+ if (__libc_use_alloca (inlen + 1))
+ instr = alloca (inlen + 1);
+ else
+ {
+ instr = malloc (inlen + 1);
+ if (instr == NULL)
+ {
+ fclose (fp);
+ return 6;
+ }
+ using_malloc = true;
+ }
+ memcpy (instr, string, inlen);
+ instr[inlen] = '\0';
+ string = instr;
+
+ if (!using_malloc)
+ instr = NULL;
+ }
+
line = NULL;
len = 0;
do
@@ -159,6 +199,8 @@ __getdate_r (const char *string, struct tm *tp)
}
while (!feof_unlocked (fp));
+ free (instr);
+
/* Free the buffer. */
free (line);