diff -r 7b2e9458bff1 src/network/utils/packetbb.cc
--- a/src/network/utils/packetbb.cc	Sun Apr 17 20:06:22 2011 -0700
+++ b/src/network/utils/packetbb.cc	Mon Apr 18 11:01:02 2011 +0400
@@ -1590,17 +1590,20 @@
 void
 PbbMessageIpv4::SerializeOriginatorAddress (Buffer::Iterator &start) const
 {
-  uint8_t buffer[GetAddressLength () + 1];
+  uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength () + 1];
   Ipv4Address::ConvertFrom (GetOriginatorAddress ()).Serialize(buffer);
   start.Write (buffer, GetAddressLength () + 1);
+  delete[] buffer;
 }
 
 Address
 PbbMessageIpv4::DeserializeOriginatorAddress (Buffer::Iterator &start) const
 {
-  uint8_t buffer[GetAddressLength () + 1];
+  uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength () + 1];
   start.Read(buffer, GetAddressLength () + 1);
-  return Ipv4Address::Deserialize (buffer);
+  Address res = Ipv4Address::Deserialize (buffer);
+  delete[] buffer;
+  return res;
 }
 
 void
@@ -1636,17 +1639,20 @@
 void
 PbbMessageIpv6::SerializeOriginatorAddress (Buffer::Iterator &start) const
 {
-  uint8_t buffer[GetAddressLength () + 1];
+  uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength () + 1];
   Ipv6Address::ConvertFrom (GetOriginatorAddress ()).Serialize(buffer);
   start.Write (buffer, GetAddressLength () + 1);
+  delete[] buffer;
 }
 
 Address
 PbbMessageIpv6::DeserializeOriginatorAddress (Buffer::Iterator &start) const
 {
-  uint8_t buffer[GetAddressLength () + 1];
+  uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength () + 1];
   start.Read(buffer, GetAddressLength () + 1);
-  return Ipv6Address::Deserialize (buffer);
+  Address res = Ipv6Address::Deserialize (buffer);
+  delete[] buffer;
+  return res;
 }
 
 void
@@ -1978,9 +1984,9 @@
     }
   else if (AddressSize () > 0)
     {
-      uint8_t head[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* head = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
       uint8_t headlen = 0;
-      uint8_t tail[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* tail = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
       uint8_t taillen = 0;
 
       GetHeadTail (head, headlen, tail, taillen);
@@ -2003,6 +2009,9 @@
       size += (GetAddressLength () - headlen - taillen) * AddressSize ();
 
       size += PrefixSize ();
+
+      delete[] head;
+      delete[] tail;
     }
 
   size += m_addressTlvList.GetSerializedSize ();
@@ -2020,7 +2029,7 @@
 
   if (AddressSize () == 1)
     {
-      uint8_t buf[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* buf = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
       SerializeAddress (buf, AddressBegin ());
       start.Write (buf, GetAddressLength ());
 
@@ -2030,11 +2039,12 @@
           flags |= AHAS_SINGLE_PRE_LEN;
         }
       bufref.WriteU8 (flags);
+      delete[] buf;
     }
   else if (AddressSize () > 0)
     {
-      uint8_t head[GetAddressLength ()];
-      uint8_t tail[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* head = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* tail = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
       uint8_t headlen = 0;
       uint8_t taillen = 0;
 
@@ -2064,7 +2074,7 @@
 
       if (headlen + taillen < GetAddressLength ())
         {
-          uint8_t mid[GetAddressLength ()];
+          uint8_t* mid = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
           for (PbbAddressBlock::ConstAddressIterator iter = AddressBegin ();
               iter != AddressEnd ();
               iter++)
@@ -2072,6 +2082,7 @@
               SerializeAddress (mid, iter);
               start.Write (mid + headlen, GetAddressLength () - headlen - taillen);
             }
+          delete mid;
         }
 
       flags |= GetPrefixFlags ();
@@ -2083,6 +2094,9 @@
         {
           start.WriteU8 (*iter);
         }
+
+      delete[] head;
+      delete[] tail;
     }
   
   m_addressTlvList.Serialize (start);
@@ -2098,7 +2112,7 @@
     {
       uint8_t headlen = 0;
       uint8_t taillen = 0;
-      uint8_t addrtmp[GetAddressLength ()];
+      uint8_t* addrtmp = new uint8_t[GetAddressLength ()];
       memset(addrtmp, 0, GetAddressLength ());
 
       if (flags & AHAS_HEAD)
@@ -2134,6 +2148,8 @@
               PrefixPushBack (start.ReadU8 ());
             }
         }
+
+      delete[] addrtmp;
     }
 
   m_addressTlvList.Deserialize (start);