diff -up netkit-rsh-0.17/rexec/rexec.c.rh650119 netkit-rsh-0.17/rexec/rexec.c
--- netkit-rsh-0.17/rexec/rexec.c.rh650119	2010-11-08 13:14:20.946845218 +0100
+++ netkit-rsh-0.17/rexec/rexec.c	2010-11-08 13:14:36.126838888 +0100
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void parse_options(char *argv[], int arg
       {
         int passlen = strlen(optarg);
 
-	*passwd = malloc((char *)malloc((passlen+1)*sizeof(char)));
+	*passwd = (char *)malloc((passlen+1)*sizeof(char));
         if(*passwd == NULL)
         {
           fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't allocate memory!\n", argv[0]);