2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5cbb9027..79ddc535 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
         Fix translations when extra-opts aren't enabled (Jan Wagner - #2832884)
         Fix parsing of multi-line strings in check_snmp (broken in 1.4.14) and enhance output in such case (#2832451)
         Fix detection of pst3 64-bit compile flags with Sun CC
+        Fix cmd_run overwriting the environment, which would break some commands that needed it
         WARNINGS
         Updated developer documentation to say that performance labels should not have an equals sign or
         single quote in the label
diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c
index e10ab918..0c853dcc 100644
--- a/lib/utils_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 # include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 
+/* used in _cmd_open to pass the environment to commands */
+extern char **environ;
+
 /** macros **/
 #ifndef WEXITSTATUS
 # define WEXITSTATUS(stat_val) ((unsigned)(stat_val) >> 8)
@@ -122,7 +125,6 @@ cmd_init (void)
 static int
 _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
 {
-        char *env[2];
         pid_t pid;
 #ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
         struct rlimit limit;
@@ -137,8 +139,7 @@ _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
         if (!_cmd_pids)
                 CMD_INIT;
 
-        env[0] = strdup ("LC_ALL=C");
-        env[1] = '\0';
+        setenv("LC_ALL", "C", 1);
 
         if (pipe (pfd) < 0 || pipe (pfderr) < 0 || (pid = fork ()) < 0)
                 return -1;                                                                      /* errno set by the failing function */
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ _cmd_open (char *const *argv, int *pfd, int *pfderr)
                         if (_cmd_pids[i] > 0)
                                 close (i);
 
-                execve (argv[0], argv, env);
+                execve (argv[0], argv, environ);
                 _exit (STATE_UNKNOWN);
         }