1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/common/elfrd_size.c b/distrib/common/elfrd_size.c
index 60bb1807585..d53442b69ff 100644
--- a/distrib/common/elfrd_size.c
+++ b/distrib/common/elfrd_size.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* $OpenBSD: elfrd_size.c,v 1.8 2017/12/03 19:32:19 tb Exp $ */
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -52,8 +54,10 @@ ELFNAME(locate_image)(int fd, struct elfhdr *ghead,  char *file,
 	}
 
 	phsize = head.e_phnum * sizeof(Elf_Phdr);
-	ph = malloc(phsize);
-
+	if ((ph = malloc(phsize)) == NULL) {
+		perror("malloc");
+		exit(1);
+	}
 
 	lseek(fd, head.e_phoff, SEEK_SET);