openvpn: check return value of malloc

[collectd.git] / src / openvpn.c

diff --git a/src/openvpn.c b/src/openvpn.c
index cf8c212..9291a16 100644 (file)
--- a/src/openvpn.c
+++ b/src/openvpn.c
@@ -617,6 +617,13 @@ static int openvpn_config (const char *key, const char *value)
 
                /* create a new vpn element since file, version and name are ok */
                temp = (vpn_status_t *) malloc (sizeof (vpn_status_t));
+               if (temp == NULL)
+               {
+                       char errbuf[1024];
+                       ERROR ("openvpn plugin: malloc failed: %s",
+                                       sstrerror (errno, errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
+                       return (1);
+               }
                temp->file = status_file;
                temp->version = status_version;
                temp->name = status_name;