1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
index f661af7c85..0200b78e8e 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
+++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
@@ -2553,6 +2553,10 @@ virtqueue_alloc_element(size_t sz,
 
     assert(sz >= sizeof(VuVirtqElement));
     elem = malloc(out_sg_end);
+    if (!elem) {
+        DPRINT("%s: failed to malloc virtqueue element\n", __func__);
+        return NULL;
+    }
     elem->out_num = out_num;
     elem->in_num = in_num;
     elem->in_sg = (void *)elem + in_sg_ofs;
@@ -2639,6 +2643,9 @@ vu_queue_map_desc(VuDev *dev, VuVirtq *vq, unsigned int idx, size_t sz)
 
     /* Now copy what we have collected and mapped */
     elem = virtqueue_alloc_element(sz, out_num, in_num);
+    if (!elem) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     elem->index = idx;
     for (i = 0; i < out_num; i++) {
         elem->out_sg[i] = iov[i];