1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
index 43d350e..4a234ab 100644
--- a/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
+++ b/backends/tpm/tpm_emulator.c
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ static int tpm_emulator_ctrlcmd(TPMEmulator *tpm, unsigned long cmd, void *msg,
     CharBackend *dev = &tpm->ctrl_chr;
     uint32_t cmd_no = cpu_to_be32(cmd);
     ssize_t n = sizeof(uint32_t) + msg_len_in;
-    uint8_t *buf = NULL;
     ptm_res res;
 
     WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&tpm->mutex) {
-        buf = g_alloca(n);
+        g_autofree uint8_t *buf = g_malloc(n);
+
         memcpy(buf, &cmd_no, sizeof(cmd_no));
         memcpy(buf + sizeof(cmd_no), msg, msg_len_in);