+diff --git a/catgets/Makefile b/catgets/Makefile
+index 4624a88..56de38b 100644
+--- a/catgets/Makefile
++++ b/catgets/Makefile
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ test-srcs = test-gencat
+ ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
+ tests-special += $(objpfx)de/libc.cat $(objpfx)test1.cat $(objpfx)test2.cat \
+ $(objpfx)sample.SJIS.cat $(objpfx)test-gencat.out
++tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-catgets-mem.out
+ endif
+
+ gencat-modules = xmalloc
+@@ -50,9 +51,11 @@ catgets-CPPFLAGS := -DNLSPATH='"$(msgcatdir)/%L/%N:$(msgcatdir)/%L/LC_MESSAGES/%
+
+ generated += de.msg test1.cat test1.h test2.cat test2.h sample.SJIS.cat \
+ test-gencat.h
++generated += tst-catgets.mtrace tst-catgets-mem.out
++
+ generated-dirs += de
+
+-tst-catgets-ENV = NLSPATH="$(objpfx)%l/%N.cat" LANG=de
++tst-catgets-ENV = NLSPATH="$(objpfx)%l/%N.cat" LANG=de MALLOC_TRACE=$(objpfx)tst-catgets.mtrace
+
+ ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
+ # This test just checks whether the program produces any error or not.
+@@ -86,4 +89,8 @@ $(objpfx)test-gencat.out: test-gencat.sh $(objpfx)test-gencat \
+ $(objpfx)sample.SJIS.cat: sample.SJIS $(objpfx)gencat
+ $(built-program-cmd) -H $(objpfx)test-gencat.h < $(word 1,$^) > $@; \
+ $(evaluate-test)
++
++$(objpfx)tst-catgets-mem.out: $(objpfx)tst-catgets.out
++ $(common-objpfx)malloc/mtrace $(objpfx)tst-catgets.mtrace > $@; \
++ $(evaluate-test)
+ endif
+diff --git a/catgets/catgets.c b/catgets/catgets.c
+index cf93d56..4be452d 100644
+--- a/catgets/catgets.c
++++ b/catgets/catgets.c
+@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+-#include <alloca.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <locale.h>
+ #include <nl_types.h>
+@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ catopen (const char *cat_name, int flag)
+ __nl_catd result;
+ const char *env_var = NULL;
+ const char *nlspath = NULL;
++ char *tmp = NULL;
+
+ if (strchr (cat_name, '/') == NULL)
+ {
+@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ catopen (const char *cat_name, int flag)
+ {
+ /* Append the system dependent directory. */
+ size_t len = strlen (nlspath) + 1 + sizeof NLSPATH;
+- char *tmp = alloca (len);
++ tmp = malloc (len);
++
++ if (__glibc_unlikely (tmp == NULL))
++ return (nl_catd) -1;
+
+ __stpcpy (__stpcpy (__stpcpy (tmp, nlspath), ":"), NLSPATH);
+ nlspath = tmp;
+@@ -65,16 +68,18 @@ catopen (const char *cat_name, int flag)
+
+ result = (__nl_catd) malloc (sizeof (*result));
+ if (result == NULL)
+- /* We cannot get enough memory. */
+- return (nl_catd) -1;
+-
+- if (__open_catalog (cat_name, nlspath, env_var, result) != 0)
++ {
++ /* We cannot get enough memory. */
++ result = (nl_catd) -1;
++ }
++ else if (__open_catalog (cat_name, nlspath, env_var, result) != 0)
+ {
+ /* Couldn't open the file. */
+ free ((void *) result);
+- return (nl_catd) -1;
++ result = (nl_catd) -1;
+ }
+
++ free (tmp);
+ return (nl_catd) result;
+ }
+
+diff --git a/catgets/open_catalog.c b/catgets/open_catalog.c
+index e069416..9f4d776 100644
+--- a/catgets/open_catalog.c
++++ b/catgets/open_catalog.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ __open_catalog (const char *cat_name, const char *nlspath, const char *env_var,
+ size_t tab_size;
+ const char *lastp;
+ int result = -1;
++ char *buf = NULL;
+
+ if (strchr (cat_name, '/') != NULL || nlspath == NULL)
+ fd = open_not_cancel_2 (cat_name, O_RDONLY);
+@@ -57,23 +58,23 @@ __open_catalog (const char *cat_name, const char *nlspath, const char *env_var,
+ if (__glibc_unlikely (bufact + (n) >= bufmax)) \
+ { \
+ char *old_buf = buf; \
+- bufmax += 256 + (n); \
+- buf = (char *) alloca (bufmax); \
+- memcpy (buf, old_buf, bufact); \
++ bufmax += (bufmax < 256 + (n)) ? 256 + (n) : bufmax; \
++ buf = realloc (buf, bufmax); \
++ if (__glibc_unlikely (buf == NULL)) \
++ { \
++ free (old_buf); \
++ return -1; \
++ } \
+ }
+
+ /* The RUN_NLSPATH variable contains a colon separated list of
+ descriptions where we expect to find catalogs. We have to
+ recognize certain % substitutions and stop when we found the
+ first existing file. */
+- char *buf;
+ size_t bufact;
+- size_t bufmax;
++ size_t bufmax = 0;
+ size_t len;
+
+- buf = NULL;
+- bufmax = 0;
+-
+ fd = -1;
+ while (*run_nlspath != '\0')
+ {
+@@ -188,7 +189,10 @@ __open_catalog (const char *cat_name, const char *nlspath, const char *env_var,
+
+ /* Avoid dealing with directories and block devices */
+ if (__builtin_expect (fd, 0) < 0)
+- return -1;
++ {
++ free (buf);
++ return -1;
++ }
+
+ if (__builtin_expect (__fxstat64 (_STAT_VER, fd, &st), 0) < 0)
+ goto close_unlock_return;
+@@ -325,6 +329,7 @@ __open_catalog (const char *cat_name, const char *nlspath, const char *env_var,
+ /* Release the lock again. */
+ close_unlock_return:
+ close_not_cancel_no_status (fd);
++ free (buf);
+
+ return result;
+ }
+diff --git a/catgets/tst-catgets.c b/catgets/tst-catgets.c
+index a0a4089..140de72 100644
+--- a/catgets/tst-catgets.c
++++ b/catgets/tst-catgets.c
+@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
++#include <assert.h>
+ #include <mcheck.h>
+ #include <nl_types.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+
+ static const char *msgs[] =
+@@ -12,6 +15,33 @@ static const char *msgs[] =
+ };
+ #define nmsgs (sizeof (msgs) / sizeof (msgs[0]))
+
++
++/* Test for unbounded alloca. */
++static int
++do_bz17905 (void)
++{
++ char *buf;
++ struct rlimit rl;
++ nl_catd result;
++
++ const int sz = 1024 * 1024;
++
++ getrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rl);
++ rl.rlim_cur = sz;
++ setrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rl);
++
++ buf = malloc (sz + 1);
++ memset (buf, 'A', sz);
++ buf[sz] = '\0';
++ setenv ("NLSPATH", buf, 1);
++
++ result = catopen (buf, NL_CAT_LOCALE);
++ assert (result == (nl_catd) -1);
++
++ free (buf);
++ return 0;
++}
++
+ #define ROUNDS 5
+
+ static int
+@@ -62,6 +92,7 @@ do_test (void)
+ }
+ }
+
++ result += do_bz17905 ();
+ return result;
+ }
+
+--
+1.9.4
+
+From 7565d2a862683a3c26ffb1f32351b8c5ab9f7b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
+Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 15:54:40 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix trailing space.
+
+---
+ catgets/tst-catgets.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/catgets/tst-catgets.c b/catgets/tst-catgets.c
+index 140de72..0886938 100644
+--- a/catgets/tst-catgets.c
++++ b/catgets/tst-catgets.c
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do_bz17905 (void)
+ rl.rlim_cur = sz;
+ setrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rl);
+
+- buf = malloc (sz + 1);
++ buf = malloc (sz + 1);
+ memset (buf, 'A', sz);
+ buf[sz] = '\0';
+ setenv ("NLSPATH", buf, 1);
+--
+1.9.4
+