It seems it is a bug in the code. When msg is assigned the values, it's given the wrong length. Here's a patch that fixes the problem:
--- hobbitd.c 2009-12-08 16:20:54.000000000 +0000 +++ hobbitd.c.fixed 2009-12-08 16:19:04.000000000 +0000 @@ -1858,5 +1858,5 @@
-unsigned char *get_filecache(char *fn) +unsigned char *get_filecache(char *fn, long *flen) { RbtIterator handle; @@ -1872,4 +1872,5 @@ result = (unsigned char *)malloc(item->len); memcpy(result, item->fdata, item->len); + flen = item->len;
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