From f198b11f2799e21ff1bf885dc6eb771d9d4d69a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: christiaans <christiaans>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:09:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Accepting zero length identifiers e.g. for getnext operation.
 Uncommon but valid.

---
 src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.c b/src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.c
index 52f753f5..7c8bbade 100644
--- a/src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.c
+++ b/src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.c
@@ -470,10 +470,9 @@ snmp_asn1_dec_oid(struct pbuf *p, u16_t ofs, u16_t len, struct snmp_obj_id *oid)
       }
       else
       {
-        /* length == 0, zero length (empty list) isn't allowed here.
-           ISO 8825 (BER) isn't clear about this, but some seem to accept it (why?).
-           zeroDotZero (0.0) must be at least 06 01 00  */
-        return ERR_ARG;
+        /* accepting zero length identifiers e.g. for
+           getnext operation. uncommon but valid */
+        return ERR_OK;
       }
       len--;
       if (len > 0)