From df4b9627b2e2beaeca5a7892218b63461e29a50f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wraith2 <wraith2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 21:20:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ensure that 0 length reads return an empty array not null

---
 .../src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/TdsParserStateObject.cs     | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/TdsParserStateObject.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/TdsParserStateObject.cs
index bba4808efd..c8aa34ed54 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/TdsParserStateObject.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/TdsParserStateObject.cs
@@ -2356,9 +2356,10 @@ internal TdsOperationStatus TryReadPlpBytes(ref byte[] buff, int offset, int len
                 {
                     // if there is a snapshot which it contains a stored plp buffer take it
                     // and try to use it if it is the right length
-                    buff = TryTakeSnapshotStorage() as byte[];
-                    if (buff != null)
+                    byte[] existingBuff = TryTakeSnapshotStorage() as byte[];
+                    if (existingBuff != null)
                     {
+                        buff = existingBuff;
                         totalBytesRead = _snapshot.GetPacketDataOffset();
                     }
                 }