--- a/buffer.c	Wed Feb 28 22:11:39 2018 +0800
+++ b/buffer.c	Thu Oct 15 19:55:15 2020 +0800
@@ -228,19 +228,37 @@
 }
 
 /* Return a string as a newly allocated buffer */
-buffer * buf_getstringbuf(buffer *buf) {
+static buffer * buf_getstringbuf_int(buffer *buf, int incllen) {
 	buffer *ret = NULL;
 	unsigned int len = buf_getint(buf);
+	int extra = 0;
 	if (len > MAX_STRING_LEN) {
 		dropbear_exit("String too long");
 	}
-	ret = buf_new(len);
+	if (incllen) {
+		extra = 4;
+	}
+	ret = buf_new(len+extra);
+	if (incllen) {
+		buf_putint(ret, len);
+	}
 	memcpy(buf_getwriteptr(ret, len), buf_getptr(buf, len), len);
 	buf_incrpos(buf, len);
 	buf_incrlen(ret, len);
+	buf_setpos(ret, 0);
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Return a string as a newly allocated buffer */
+buffer * buf_getstringbuf(buffer *buf) {
+	return buf_getstringbuf_int(buf, 0);
+}
+
+/* Returns a string in a new buffer, including the length */
+buffer * buf_getbuf(buffer *buf) {
+	return buf_getstringbuf_int(buf, 1);
+}
+
 /* Just increment the buffer position the same as if we'd used buf_getstring,
  * but don't bother copying/malloc()ing for it */
 void buf_eatstring(buffer *buf) {
@@ -289,18 +307,18 @@
 /* for our purposes we only need positive (or 0) numbers, so will
  * fail if we get negative numbers */
 void buf_putmpint(buffer* buf, mp_int * mp) {
-
+	size_t written;
 	unsigned int len, pad = 0;
 	TRACE2(("enter buf_putmpint"))
 
 	dropbear_assert(mp != NULL);
 
-	if (SIGN(mp) == MP_NEG) {
+	if (mp_isneg(mp)) {
 		dropbear_exit("negative bignum");
 	}
 
 	/* zero check */
-	if (USED(mp) == 1 && DIGIT(mp, 0) == 0) {
+	if (mp_iszero(mp)) {
 		len = 0;
 	} else {
 		/* SSH spec requires padding for mpints with the MSB set, this code
@@ -321,10 +339,10 @@
 		if (pad) {
 			buf_putbyte(buf, 0x00);
 		}
-		if (mp_to_unsigned_bin(mp, buf_getwriteptr(buf, len-pad)) != MP_OKAY) {
+		if (mp_to_ubin(mp, buf_getwriteptr(buf, len-pad), len-pad, &written) != MP_OKAY) {
 			dropbear_exit("mpint error");
 		}
-		buf_incrwritepos(buf, len-pad);
+		buf_incrwritepos(buf, written);
 	}
 
 	TRACE2(("leave buf_putmpint"))
@@ -352,7 +370,7 @@
 		return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (mp_read_unsigned_bin(mp, buf_getptr(buf, len), len) != MP_OKAY) {
+	if (mp_from_ubin(mp, buf_getptr(buf, len), len) != MP_OKAY) {
 		return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
 	}