1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index d591578bd3b2..22d281c6ec24 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
          * compressed together */
         s->len = strlen(str) + 1;
         s->sym = malloc(s->len + 1);
+        if (!s->sym) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "kallsyms failure: "
+                        "unable to allocate required amount of memory\n");
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
         strcpy((char *)s->sym + 1, str);
         s->sym[0] = stype;
 
@@ -272,7 +277,12 @@ static void write_src(void)
 
         /* table of offset markers, that give the offset in the compressed stream
          * every 256 symbols */
-        markers = (unsigned int *) malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * ((table_cnt + 255) / 256));
+        markers = malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * ((table_cnt + 255) / 256));
+        if (!markers) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "kallsyms failure: "
+                        "unable to allocate required memory\n");
+                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
 
         output_label("kallsyms_names");
         off = 0;