diff --git a/net-tools-1.60-statistics_buffer.patch b/net-tools-1.60-statistics_buffer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..526c490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-tools-1.60-statistics_buffer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up net-tools-1.60/statistics.c.old net-tools-1.60/statistics.c
+--- net-tools-1.60/statistics.c.old	2008-03-04 10:44:41.000000000 +0100
++++ net-tools-1.60/statistics.c	2008-03-04 10:44:11.000000000 +0100
+@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ struct tabtab *newtable(struct tabtab *t
+ 
+ void process_fd(FILE *f,int file_desc)   // added file_desc to show propriate error mesg
+ {
+-    char buf1[1024], buf2[1024];
++    char buf1[2048], buf2[2048];
+     char *sp, *np, *p;
+     while (fgets(buf1, sizeof buf1, f)) {
+ 	int endflag;
diff --git a/net-tools.spec b/net-tools.spec
index a7ea4d5..3268da3 100644
--- a/net-tools.spec
+++ b/net-tools.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Basic networking tools
 Name: net-tools
 Version: 1.60
-Release: 86%{?dist}
+Release: 87%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Patch61: net-tools-1.60-remove_node.patch
 Patch62: net-tools-1.60-netstat-interfaces-crash.patch
 Patch63: net-tools-1.60-netplugd_init.patch
 Patch64: net-tools-1.60-ec_hw_null.patch
+Patch65: net-tools-1.60-statistics_buffer.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ ifconfig, netstat, route, and others.
 %patch62 -p1 -b .iface-crash
 %patch63 -p1
 %patch64 -p1
+%patch65 -p1 -b .buffer
 
 cp %SOURCE2 ./config.h
 cp %SOURCE3 ./config.make
@@ -265,6 +267,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/netplugd
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar  4 2008 Radek Vokál <rvokal@redhat.com> - 1.80-87
+- fix buffer for newer kernels (#435554)
+
 * Mon Feb 25 2008 Radek Vokal <rvokal@redhat.com> - 1.60-86
 - fix for GCC 4.3