diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/binary.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/binary.rs
index 917f46b4017..f32ca3e8713 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/binary.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/binary.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn read_binary<O: Offset, R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/boolean.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/boolean.rs
index 4bfe9063a57..4440062a299 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/boolean.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/boolean.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use super::super::read_basic::*;
 use super::super::{Compression, IpcBuffer, Node, OutOfSpecKind};
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn read_boolean<R: Read + Seek>(
     field_nodes: &mut VecDeque<Node>,
     data_type: DataType,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn read_boolean<R: Read + Seek>(
     block_offset: u64,
     is_little_endian: bool,
     compression: Option<Compression>,
+    scratch: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<BooleanArray> {
     let field_node = field_nodes.pop_front().ok_or_else(|| {
         Error::oos(format!(
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ pub fn read_boolean<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let values = read_bitmap(
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ pub fn read_boolean<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
     BooleanArray::try_new(data_type, values, validity)
 }
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_binary.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_binary.rs
index e4cb0480def..ffceb00bc94 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_binary.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_binary.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub fn read_fixed_size_binary<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_list.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_list.rs
index d8eb9725ed8..3ea4ef42b30 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_list.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/fixed_size_list.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub fn read_fixed_size_list<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let (field, _) = FixedSizeListArray::get_child_and_size(&data_type);
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/list.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/list.rs
index 44fb17bd2a6..e12dc5e02ec 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/list.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/list.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ where
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/map.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/map.rs
index 5020a157a0a..8a2a5e4a124 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/map.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/map.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn read_map<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/primitive.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/primitive.rs
index 75a62e5a835..434aab0bd9c 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/primitive.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/primitive.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ where
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/struct_.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/struct_.rs
index 469689d247b..3bbd777a019 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/struct_.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/struct_.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub fn read_struct<R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let fields = StructArray::get_fields(&data_type);
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/array/utf8.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/array/utf8.rs
index af25eaed896..342da0c4de8 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/array/utf8.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/array/utf8.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn read_utf8<O: Offset, R: Read + Seek>(
         block_offset,
         is_little_endian,
         compression,
+        scratch,
     )?;
 
     let length: usize = field_node
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/deserialize.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/deserialize.rs
index 3ed5c9349c7..780f33e0d59 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/deserialize.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/deserialize.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn read<R: Read + Seek>(
             block_offset,
             is_little_endian,
             compression,
+            scratch,
         )
         .map(|x| x.boxed()),
         Primitive(primitive) => with_match_primitive_type!(primitive, |$T| {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ pub fn read<R: Read + Seek>(
                 block_offset,
                 is_little_endian,
                 compression,
-                scratch
+                scratch,
             )
             .map(|x| x.boxed())
         }),
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/read_basic.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/read_basic.rs
index 7a5ae859a6a..e58b01b58ed 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/read_basic.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/read_basic.rs
@@ -181,10 +181,13 @@ fn read_uncompressed_bitmap<R: Read + Seek>(
             number_of_bits: bytes * 8,
         }));
     }
-    // it is undefined behavior to call read_exact on un-initialized, https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/trait.Read.html#tymethod.read
-    // see also https://github.com/MaikKlein/ash/issues/354#issue-781730580
-    let mut buffer = vec![0; bytes];
-    reader.read_exact(buffer.as_mut_slice())?;
+
+    let mut buffer = vec![];
+    buffer.try_reserve(bytes)?;
+    reader
+        .by_ref()
+        .take(bytes as u64)
+        .read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
 
     Ok(buffer)
 }
@@ -194,13 +197,13 @@ fn read_compressed_bitmap<R: Read + Seek>(
     bytes: usize,
     compression: Compression,
     reader: &mut R,
+    scratch: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut buffer = vec![0; (length + 7) / 8];
 
-    // read all first
-    // todo: move this allocation to an external buffer for re-use
-    let mut slice = vec![0u8; bytes];
-    reader.read_exact(&mut slice)?;
+    scratch.clear();
+    scratch.try_reserve(bytes)?;
+    reader.by_ref().take(bytes as u64).read_to_end(scratch)?;
 
     let compression = compression
         .codec()
@@ -208,10 +211,10 @@ fn read_compressed_bitmap<R: Read + Seek>(
 
     match compression {
         arrow_format::ipc::CompressionType::Lz4Frame => {
-            compression::decompress_lz4(&slice[8..], &mut buffer)?;
+            compression::decompress_lz4(&scratch[8..], &mut buffer)?;
         }
         arrow_format::ipc::CompressionType::Zstd => {
-            compression::decompress_zstd(&slice[8..], &mut buffer)?;
+            compression::decompress_zstd(&scratch[8..], &mut buffer)?;
         }
     }
     Ok(buffer)
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ pub fn read_bitmap<R: Read + Seek>(
     block_offset: u64,
     _: bool,
     compression: Option<Compression>,
+    scratch: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<Bitmap> {
     let buf = buf
         .pop_front()
@@ -242,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn read_bitmap<R: Read + Seek>(
     reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(block_offset + offset))?;
 
     let buffer = if let Some(compression) = compression {
-        read_compressed_bitmap(length, bytes, compression, reader)
+        read_compressed_bitmap(length, bytes, compression, reader, scratch)
     } else {
         read_uncompressed_bitmap(length, bytes, reader)
     }?;
@@ -257,6 +261,7 @@ pub fn read_validity<R: Read + Seek>(
     block_offset: u64,
     is_little_endian: bool,
     compression: Option<Compression>,
+    scratch: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<Option<Bitmap>> {
     let length: usize = field_node
         .length()
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ pub fn read_validity<R: Read + Seek>(
             block_offset,
             is_little_endian,
             compression,
+            scratch,
         )?)
     } else {
         let _ = buffers
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/read/reader.rs b/src/io/ipc/read/reader.rs
index 776ee684e82..801f5041aed 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/read/reader.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/read/reader.rs
@@ -230,9 +230,14 @@ pub fn read_file_metadata<R: Read + Seek>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<FileMetadata
     let (end, footer_len) = read_footer_len(reader)?;
 
     // read footer
-    let mut serialized_footer = vec![0; footer_len];
     reader.seek(SeekFrom::End(-10 - footer_len as i64))?;
-    reader.read_exact(&mut serialized_footer)?;
+
+    let mut serialized_footer = vec![];
+    serialized_footer.try_reserve(footer_len)?;
+    reader
+        .by_ref()
+        .take(footer_len as u64)
+        .read_to_end(&mut serialized_footer)?;
 
     deserialize_footer(&serialized_footer, end - start)
 }