C中的双自由或损坏(fasttop)错误/分段错误

我正在尝试动态分配一个数组以从命令行读取用户输入。它可以工作99/100次,但如果我重复输入一堆字符,有时会出现分段错误或双自由或损坏(fasttop)错误。这个错误相对难以再现。

我很确定发生错误是因为我重新分配数组的方式。

while(1){
        char *buf_in;               // Holds user keyboard input
        int cnt = 0, length = 0;    // cnt stores current read buffer size, length allows input into buf_in
        char ch;
        int buf_max = 64;           // Current buffer size. Dynamically allocated

        buf_in = malloc(buf_max * sizeof(char));
        if (buf_in==NULL){
            fprintf(stderr,"Error allocating memory!\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        do{
            if (cnt > (buf_max/2)){
                cnt = 0;
                buf_max *= 2; // Double size of buffer
                printf("Doubling buffer: %d\n",buf_max);
                buf_in = realloc(buf_in,buf_max);
                if (buf_in == NULL){
                    fprintf(stderr,"Error re-allocating memory!\n");
                    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                }
            }
            /* Store line-by-line into buffer */
            ch = getc(stdin);
            buf_in[length] = ch;
            length++;
            cnt++;
        }while(ch != '\n');

        /* Handles different option arguments */
        processOptions(buf_in,&opt_n_inc);

        // stdout
        fprintf(stdout,"%s",buf_in);
        fflush(stdout);

        free(buf_in);
        buf_in=NULL;
    }