diff --git a/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.result b/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f3644cfa5ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.result
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+include/master-slave.inc
+[connection master]
+connection slave;
+include/stop_slave.inc
+call mtr.add_suppression("Error reading master configuration");
+call mtr.add_suppression("Failed to initialize the master info structure");
+call mtr.add_suppression("error connecting to master");
+include/rpl_restart_server.inc [server_number=2]
+connection slave;
+# Verifying that trailing garbage causes parsing to fail.
+# Rejection successful.
+# Restoring the slave to original replication state
+include/rpl_restart_server.inc [server_number=2]
+CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='MASTER_HOST', MASTER_PORT=MASTER_PORT, MASTER_USER='MASTER_USER';
+include/start_slave.inc
+connection master;
+include/rpl_end.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.test b/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d99905928e7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/main/mdev_38010.test
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#
+# MDEV-38010: Trailing garbage in master.info numeric fields leads to corruption.
+# This test verifis that the server strictly validates numeric lines in master.info.
+# If trailing non-whitespace characters are found, the line is rejected as corrupted.
+#
+
+--source include/master-slave.inc
+--source include/have_binlog_format_mixed.inc
+
+--connection slave
+
+# Step1: Capture the current working replication state.
+# We need these to restore a clean environment after we've intentionally
+# "broken" the master.info file for the test.
+--let $master_host= query_get_value(SHOW SLAVE STATUS, Master_Host, 1)
+--let $master_port= query_get_value(SHOW SLAVE STATUS, Master_Port, 1)
+--let $master_user= query_get_value(SHOW SLAVE STATUS, Master_User, 1)
+
+--source include/stop_slave.inc
+
+# Suppress the err we expect to see in the log during this test.
+# The server will log these when it hits our new strict validation logic.
+call mtr.add_suppression("Error reading master configuration");
+call mtr.add_suppression("Failed to initialize the master info structure");
+call mtr.add_suppression("error connecting to master");
+
+--let $MYSQLD_DATADIR= `select @@datadir`
+
+# Step2: Simulate a corrupted master.info file.
+# We manually rewrite the file with "garbage" appended to numeric fields
+# (Port and Connect_Retry) to trigger the new validation check.
+--remove_file $MYSQLD_DATADIR/master.info
+--write_file $MYSQLD_DATADIR/master.info
+17
+master-bin.000001
+4
+127.0.0.1
+root
+
+3306abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&10
+60
+0
+0
+
+
+
+0
+
+60.000abcdefghijklm
+1 1
+EOF
+
+# Step3: Restart the slave to force it to parse the corrupted file.
+--let $rpl_server_number= 2
+--source include/rpl_restart_server.inc
+
+--connection slave
+
+--echo # Verifying that trailing garbage causes parsing to fail.
+# If the fix works, the server should reject the bad port "3306abcdef..."
+# This may lead to Master_Port being unset or the slave failing to show up.
+--let $port= query_get_value(SHOW SLAVE STATUS, Master_Port, 1)
+
+if ($port != 3306) {
+  if ($port != No such row) {
+    if ($port != "") {
+      --echo Error: The garbage in master.info was accepted! Port evaluated to $port.
+      --die "Test failed: Fix is not preventing garbage parsing."
+    }
+  }
+}
+--echo # Rejection successful.
+
+# Step4: Cleanup and Restoration.
+# We remove the bad master.info and use CHANGE MASTER TO with our saved
+# parameters to restore the slave to its original state.
+--remove_file $MYSQLD_DATADIR/master.info
+
+--echo # Restoring the slave to original replication state
+--let $rpl_server_number= 2
+--source include/rpl_restart_server.inc
+
+--replace_result $master_port MASTER_PORT $master_host MASTER_HOST $master_user MASTER_USER
+--eval CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='$master_host', MASTER_PORT=$master_port, MASTER_USER='$master_user'
+--source include/start_slave.inc
+
+--connection master
+--source include/rpl_end.inc
+
diff --git a/sql/rpl_mi.cc b/sql/rpl_mi.cc
index bb77c46d57f57..85d07d2240bd5 100644
--- a/sql/rpl_mi.cc
+++ b/sql/rpl_mi.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Master_info::Master_info(LEX_CSTRING *connection_name_arg,
 {
   char *tmp;
   host[0] = 0; user[0] = 0; password[0] = 0;
+  master_log_pos = 0;
+  master_log_name[0] = 0;
   ssl_ca[0]= 0; ssl_capath[0]= 0; ssl_cert[0]= 0;
   ssl_cipher[0]= 0; ssl_key[0]= 0;
   ssl_crl[0]= 0; ssl_crlpath[0]= 0;
diff --git a/sql/slave.cc b/sql/slave.cc
index ce18874167013..a887d1e11d594 100644
--- a/sql/slave.cc
+++ b/sql/slave.cc
@@ -1699,26 +1699,36 @@ int init_strvar_from_file(char *var, int max_size, IO_CACHE *f,
   DBUG_RETURN(1);
 }
 
-/*
-  when moving these functions to mysys, don't forget to
-  remove slave.cc from libmysqld/CMakeLists.txt
-*/
+
+
 int init_intvar_from_file(int* var, IO_CACHE* f, int default_val)
 {
   char buf[32];
   DBUG_ENTER("init_intvar_from_file");
 
+  *var= default_val;
 
   if (my_b_gets(f, buf, sizeof(buf)))
   {
-    *var = atoi(buf);
+    char *endptr= buf + strlen(buf);
+    int error= 0;
+    longlong val= my_strtoll10(buf, &endptr, &error);
+
+    if (error && error != MY_ERRNO_EDOM)
+      DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
+    while (my_isspace(&my_charset_latin1, *endptr))
+      endptr++;
+    if (*endptr != '\0')
+      DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
+    *var= (int) val;
     DBUG_RETURN(0);
   }
-  else if (default_val)
-  {
-    *var = default_val;
+
+  if (default_val)
     DBUG_RETURN(0);
-  }
+
   DBUG_RETURN(1);
 }
 
@@ -1726,20 +1736,30 @@ int init_ulonglongvar_from_file(ulonglong* var, IO_CACHE* f,
                                 ulonglong default_val)
 {
   char buf[MY_INT64_NUM_DECIMAL_DIGITS];
-  int error;
+  int error= 0;
   DBUG_ENTER("init_ulonglongvar_from_file");
 
+  *var= default_val;
 
   if (my_b_gets(f, buf, sizeof(buf)))
   {
-    *var = (ulonglong) my_strtoll10(buf, (char**) 0, &error);
+    char *endptr= buf + strlen(buf);
+    *var= (ulonglong) my_strtoll10(buf, &endptr, &error);
+
+    if (error && error != MY_ERRNO_EDOM)
+      DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
+    while (my_isspace(&my_charset_latin1, *endptr))
+      endptr++;
+    if (*endptr != '\0')
+      DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
     DBUG_RETURN(0);
   }
-  else if (default_val)
-  {
-    *var = default_val;
+
+  if (default_val)
     DBUG_RETURN(0);
-  }
+
   DBUG_RETURN(1);
 }
 
@@ -1748,19 +1768,28 @@ int init_floatvar_from_file(float* var, IO_CACHE* f, float default_val)
   char buf[16];
   DBUG_ENTER("init_floatvar_from_file");
 
+  *var= default_val;
 
   if (my_b_gets(f, buf, sizeof(buf)))
   {
-    if (sscanf(buf, "%f", var) != 1)
+    char *endptr= buf + strlen(buf);
+    int error= 0;
+    double val= my_strtod(buf, &endptr, &error);
+    if (error && error != MY_ERRNO_EDOM)
       DBUG_RETURN(1);
-    else
-      DBUG_RETURN(0);
-  }
-  else if (default_val != 0.0)
-  {
-    *var = default_val;
+
+    while (my_isspace(&my_charset_latin1, *endptr))
+      endptr++;
+    if (*endptr != '\0')
+      DBUG_RETURN(1);
+
+    *var= (float) val;
     DBUG_RETURN(0);
   }
+
+  if (default_val != 0.0)
+    DBUG_RETURN(0);
+
   DBUG_RETURN(1);
 }