--- /dev/null
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-1.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-1.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-1.c 2014-09-18 20:16:18.000000000 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-1.c 2017-08-29 13:18:14.403020644 -0600
+@@ -332,17 +332,19 @@ int read_uids_guids_1()
+ guid_table = uid_table + sBlk.no_uids;
+
+ if(swap) {
+- unsigned int suid_table[sBlk.no_uids + sBlk.no_guids];
++ unsigned int* suid_table = malloc((sBlk.no_uids + sBlk.no_guids) * sizeof(unsigned int));
+
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.uid_start, (sBlk.no_uids +
+ sBlk.no_guids) * sizeof(unsigned int), suid_table);
+ if(res == FALSE) {
++ free(suid_table);
+ ERROR("read_uids_guids: failed to read uid/gid table"
+ "\n");
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ SQUASHFS_SWAP_INTS_3(uid_table, suid_table,
+ sBlk.no_uids + sBlk.no_guids);
++ free(suid_table);
+ } else {
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.uid_start, (sBlk.no_uids +
+ sBlk.no_guids) * sizeof(unsigned int), uid_table);
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-2.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-2.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-2.c 2014-09-18 20:16:18.000000000 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-2.c 2017-08-29 13:23:48.111321548 -0600
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void read_block_list_2(unsigned int *blo
+ TRACE("read_block_list: blocks %d\n", blocks);
+
+ if(swap) {
+- unsigned int sblock_list[blocks];
++ unsigned int* sblock_list = malloc(blocks*sizeof(unsigned int));
+ memcpy(sblock_list, block_ptr, blocks * sizeof(unsigned int));
+ SQUASHFS_SWAP_INTS_3(block_list, sblock_list, blocks);
+ } else
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ int res, i;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_BYTES_2(sBlk.s.fragments);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEXES_2(sBlk.s.fragments);
+- unsigned int fragment_table_index[indexes];
++ unsigned int* fragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(unsigned int));
+
+ TRACE("read_fragment_table: %d fragments, reading %d fragment indexes "
+ "from 0x%llx\n", sBlk.s.fragments, indexes,
+@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+
+ if(sBlk.s.fragments == 0) {
+ *directory_table_end = sBlk.s.fragment_table_start;
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ "fragment table\n");
+
+ if(swap) {
+- unsigned int sfragment_table_index[indexes];
++ unsigned int* sfragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(unsigned int));
+
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.s.fragment_table_start,
+ SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEX_BYTES_2(sBlk.s.fragments),
+@@ -70,10 +71,14 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table index\n");
++ free(sfragment_table_index);
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ SQUASHFS_SWAP_FRAGMENT_INDEXES_2(fragment_table_index,
+ sfragment_table_index, indexes);
++
++ free(sfragment_table_index);
+ } else {
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.s.fragment_table_start,
+ SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEX_BYTES_2(sBlk.s.fragments),
+@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table index\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -96,6 +102,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ if(length == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table block\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -111,6 +118,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_2(long long *dir
+ }
+
+ *directory_table_end = fragment_table_index[0];
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-3.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-3.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-3.c 2014-09-18 20:16:18.000000000 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-3.c 2017-08-29 14:43:17.016089289 -0600
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ int res, i;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_BYTES_3(sBlk.s.fragments);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEXES_3(sBlk.s.fragments);
+- long long fragment_table_index[indexes];
++ long long* fragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
+
+ TRACE("read_fragment_table: %d fragments, reading %d fragment indexes "
+ "from 0x%llx\n", sBlk.s.fragments, indexes,
+@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+
+ if(sBlk.s.fragments == 0) {
+ *directory_table_end = sBlk.s.fragment_table_start;
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ "fragment table\n");
+
+ if(swap) {
+- long long sfragment_table_index[indexes];
++ long long* sfragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
+
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.s.fragment_table_start,
+ SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEX_BYTES_3(sBlk.s.fragments),
+@@ -57,10 +58,13 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table index\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
++ free(sfragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ SQUASHFS_SWAP_FRAGMENT_INDEXES_3(fragment_table_index,
+ sfragment_table_index, indexes);
++ free(sfragment_table_index);
+ } else {
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk.s.fragment_table_start,
+ SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEX_BYTES_3(sBlk.s.fragments),
+@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table index\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ if(length == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table block\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_3(long long *dir
+ }
+
+ *directory_table_end = fragment_table_index[0];
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-4.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-4.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/unsquash-4.c 2014-09-18 20:16:18.000000000 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/unsquash-4.c 2017-08-29 14:49:01.424441708 -0600
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_4(long long *dir
+ int res, i;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_BYTES(sBlk.s.fragments);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEXES(sBlk.s.fragments);
+- long long fragment_table_index[indexes];
++ long long* fragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
+
+ TRACE("read_fragment_table: %d fragments, reading %d fragment indexes "
+ "from 0x%llx\n", sBlk.s.fragments, indexes,
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_4(long long *dir
+
+ if(sBlk.s.fragments == 0) {
+ *directory_table_end = sBlk.s.fragment_table_start;
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_4(long long *dir
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment table "
+ "index\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_FRAGMENT_INDEXES(fragment_table_index, indexes);
+@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_4(long long *dir
+ if(length == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_fragment_table: failed to read fragment "
+ "table index\n");
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ int read_fragment_table_4(long long *dir
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_FRAGMENT_ENTRY(&fragment_table[i]);
+
+ *directory_table_end = fragment_table_index[0];
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+@@ -356,13 +360,14 @@ int read_uids_guids_4()
+ int res, i;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_ID_BYTES(sBlk.s.no_ids);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_ID_BLOCKS(sBlk.s.no_ids);
+- long long id_index_table[indexes];
++ long long* id_index_table = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
+
+ TRACE("read_uids_guids: no_ids %d\n", sBlk.s.no_ids);
+
+ id_table = malloc(bytes);
+ if(id_table == NULL) {
+ ERROR("read_uids_guids: failed to allocate id table\n");
++ free(id_index_table);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+@@ -370,6 +375,7 @@ int read_uids_guids_4()
+ SQUASHFS_ID_BLOCK_BYTES(sBlk.s.no_ids), id_index_table);
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_uids_guids: failed to read id index table\n");
++ free(id_index_table);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_ID_BLOCKS(id_index_table, indexes);
+@@ -382,11 +388,13 @@ int read_uids_guids_4()
+ if(res == FALSE) {
+ ERROR("read_uids_guids: failed to read id table block"
+ "\n");
++ free(id_index_table);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_INTS(id_table, sBlk.s.no_ids);
+
++ free(id_index_table);
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c b/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c 2017-08-29 14:58:51.917037533 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/unsquashfs.c 2017-08-29 13:14:03.082818149 -0600
+@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int read_block(int fd, long long start,
+ return 0;
+
+ if(compressed) {
+- char buffer[c_byte];
++ char* buffer = malloc(c_byte);
+ int error;
+
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, start + offset, c_byte, buffer);
+@@ -704,8 +704,10 @@ int read_block(int fd, long long start,
+ if(res == -1) {
+ ERROR("%s uncompress failed with error code %d\n",
+ comp->name, error);
++ free(buffer);
+ goto failed;
+ }
++ free(buffer);
+ } else {
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, start + offset, c_byte, block);
+ if(res == FALSE)
+@@ -2097,7 +2099,7 @@ void *writer(void *arg)
+ */
+ void *inflator(void *arg)
+ {
+- char tmp[block_size];
++ char* tmp = malloc(block_size);
+
+ while(1) {
+ struct cache_entry *entry = queue_get(to_inflate);
+@@ -2120,6 +2122,7 @@ void *inflator(void *arg)
+ */
+ cache_block_ready(entry, res == -1);
+ }
++ free(tmp);
+ }
+
+
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c 2017-09-05 15:09:19.090937121 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c 2017-09-01 09:58:11.274529037 -0600
+@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ long long write_directories()
+ long long write_id_table()
+ {
+ unsigned int id_bytes = SQUASHFS_ID_BYTES(id_count);
+- unsigned int p[id_count];
++ unsigned int* p = malloc(id_count * sizeof(unsigned int));
+ int i;
+
+ TRACE("write_id_table: ids %d, id_bytes %d\n", id_count, id_bytes);
+@@ -655,6 +655,9 @@ long long write_id_table()
+ unsigned int* p = malloc(id_count * sizeof(unsigned int));
+ int i;
+
++ if(p == NULL)
++ MEM_ERROR();
++
+ TRACE("write_id_table: ids %d, id_bytes %d\n", id_count, id_bytes);
+ for(i = 0; i < id_count; i++) {
+ TRACE("write_id_table: id index %d, id %d", i, id_table[i]->id);
+
+@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ long long write_id_table()
+ SQUASHFS_SWAP_INTS(&id_table[i]->id, p + i, 1);
+ }
+
++ free(p);
+ return generic_write_table(id_bytes, p, 0, NULL, noI);
+ }
+
+diff -aurp a/squashfs-tools/read_fs.c b/squashfs-tools/read_fs.c
+--- a/squashfs-tools/read_fs.c 2014-09-18 20:16:18.000000000 -0600
++++ b/squashfs-tools/read_fs.c 2017-09-05 15:35:19.328547536 -0600
+@@ -77,18 +77,24 @@ int read_block(int fd, long long start,
+ return 0;
+
+ if(compressed) {
+- char buffer[c_byte];
++ char* buffer = malloc(c_byte);
+ int error;
+
++ if(buffer == NULL)
++ MEM_ERROR();
++
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, start + 2, c_byte, buffer);
+- if(res == 0)
++ if(res == 0) {
++ free(buffer);
+ return 0;
++ }
+
+ res = compressor_uncompress(comp, block, buffer, c_byte,
+ outlen, &error);
+ if(res == -1) {
+ ERROR("%s uncompress failed with error code %d\n",
+ comp->name, error);
++ free(buffer);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ } else {
+@@ -699,7 +705,7 @@ all_done:
+ unsigned int *read_id_table(int fd, struct squashfs_super_block *sBlk)
+ {
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_ID_BLOCKS(sBlk->no_ids);
+- long long index[indexes];
++ long long* index;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_ID_BYTES(sBlk->no_ids);
+ unsigned int *id_table;
+ int res, i;
+@@ -708,12 +714,17 @@ unsigned int *read_id_table(int fd, stru
+ if(id_table == NULL)
+ MEM_ERROR();
+
++ index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
++ if(index == NULL)
++ MEM_ERROR();
++
+ res = read_fs_bytes(fd, sBlk->id_table_start,
+ SQUASHFS_ID_BLOCK_BYTES(sBlk->no_ids), index);
+ if(res == 0) {
+ ERROR("Failed to read id table index\n");
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(id_table);
++ free(index);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+@@ -732,6 +743,7 @@ unsigned int *read_id_table(int fd, stru
+ "length %d\n", i, index[i], length);
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(id_table);
++ free(index);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -753,14 +765,19 @@ int read_fragment_table(int fd, struct s
+ int res, i;
+ int bytes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_BYTES(sBlk->fragments);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_INDEXES(sBlk->fragments);
+- long long fragment_table_index[indexes];
++ long long* fragment_table_index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
++
++ if(fragment_table_index == NULL)
++ MEM_ERROR();
+
+ TRACE("read_fragment_table: %d fragments, reading %d fragment indexes "
+ "from 0x%llx\n", sBlk->fragments, indexes,
+ sBlk->fragment_table_start);
+
+- if(sBlk->fragments == 0)
++ if(sBlk->fragments == 0) {
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return 1;
++ }
+
+ *fragment_table = malloc(bytes);
+ if(*fragment_table == NULL)
+@@ -773,6 +790,7 @@ int read_fragment_table(int fd, struct s
+ ERROR("Failed to read fragment table index\n");
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(*fragment_table);
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+@@ -792,6 +810,7 @@ int read_fragment_table(int fd, struct s
+ fragment_table_index[i], length);
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(*fragment_table);
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -799,6 +818,7 @@ int read_fragment_table(int fd, struct s
+ for(i = 0; i < sBlk->fragments; i++)
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_FRAGMENT_ENTRY(&(*fragment_table)[i]);
+
++ free(fragment_table_index);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+@@ -808,11 +828,16 @@ int read_inode_lookup_table(int fd, stru
+ {
+ int lookup_bytes = SQUASHFS_LOOKUP_BYTES(sBlk->inodes);
+ int indexes = SQUASHFS_LOOKUP_BLOCKS(sBlk->inodes);
+- long long index[indexes];
++ long long* index = malloc(indexes * sizeof(long long));
+ int res, i;
+
+- if(sBlk->lookup_table_start == SQUASHFS_INVALID_BLK)
++ if(index == NULL)
++ MEM_ERROR();
++
++ if(sBlk->lookup_table_start == SQUASHFS_INVALID_BLK) {
++ free(index);
+ return 1;
++ }
+
+ *inode_lookup_table = malloc(lookup_bytes);
+ if(*inode_lookup_table == NULL)
+@@ -824,6 +849,7 @@ int read_inode_lookup_table(int fd, stru
+ ERROR("Failed to read inode lookup table index\n");
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(*inode_lookup_table);
++ free(index);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+@@ -843,12 +869,14 @@ int read_inode_lookup_table(int fd, stru
+ length);
+ ERROR("Filesystem corrupted?\n");
+ free(*inode_lookup_table);
++ free(index);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ SQUASHFS_INSWAP_LONG_LONGS(*inode_lookup_table, sBlk->inodes);
+
++ free(index);
+ return 1;
+ }
+