1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 3849c776..4187a079 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ int options = 0; /* bitmask of filter criteria to test against */
 int verbose = FALSE;
 int uid;
 int ppid;
-char *statopts = NULL;
-char *prog = NULL;
-char *args = NULL;
-char *fmt = NULL;
+char *statopts = "";
+char *prog = "";
+char *args = "";
+char *fmt = "";
 char tmp[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
 
 int
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
         };
 #endif
 
-        asprintf (&fmt, "");
-
         for (c = 1; c < argc; c++)
                 if (strcmp ("-to", argv[c]) == 0)
                         strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
@@ -351,7 +349,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         }
                 case 'p':                                                                       /* process id */
                         if (sscanf (optarg, "%d%[^0-9]", &ppid, tmp) == 1) {
-                                asprintf (&fmt, "%s%sPPID = %d", (options ? ", " : ""), ppid);
+                                asprintf (&fmt, "%s%sPPID = %d", fmt, (options ? ", " : ""), ppid);
                                 options |= PPID;
                                 break;
                         }
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                                 uid = pw->pw_uid;
                         }
                         user = pw->pw_name;
-                        asprintf (&fmt, "%s%sUID = %d (%s)", (options ? ", " : ""), fmt,
+                        asprintf (&fmt, "%s%sUID = %d (%s)", fmt, (options ? ", " : ""),
                                   uid, user);
                         options |= USER;
                         break;