--- lib/sh/getcwd.c.orig	Fri Dec 21 11:34:00 2007
+++ lib/sh/getcwd.c	Fri Dec 21 11:58:41 2007
@@ -252,9 +256,9 @@
     size_t len = pathbuf + pathsize - pathp;
     if (buf == NULL)
       {
-	if (len < (size_t) size)
-	  len = size;
-	buf = (char *) malloc (len);
+	if (len > (size_t) size)
+	  size = len;
+	buf = (char *) malloc (size);
 	if (buf == NULL)
 	  goto lose2;
       }