diff -urNp ncompress-4.2.4-orig/compress42.c ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c --- ncompress-4.2.4-orig/compress42.c 2008-12-01 13:50:17.000000000 +0100 +++ ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c 2008-12-01 13:53:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ */ #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <ctype.h> #include <signal.h> @@ -696,7 +697,13 @@ main(argc, argv) } } - filelist = fileptr = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *)); + filelist = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *)); + if (filelist == NULL) + { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot allocate memory for file list.\n"); + exit (1); + } + fileptr = filelist; *filelist = NULL; if((progname = rindex(argv[0], '/')) != 0) @@ -836,6 +843,7 @@ nextarg: continue; decompress(0, 1); } + free(filelist); exit((exit_code== -1) ? 1:exit_code); return 0; }