diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
index 9150a0d4ac56..ef05c14c2de3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/entry.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 
 typedef	enum ecode {
 	e_none, e_minute, e_hour, e_dom, e_month, e_dow,
-	e_cmd, e_timespec, e_username, e_group
+	e_cmd, e_timespec, e_username, e_group, e_mem
 #ifdef LOGIN_CAP
 	, e_class
 #endif
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static char *ecodes[] =
 		"bad time specifier",
 		"bad username",
 		"bad group name",
+		"out of memory",
 #ifdef LOGIN_CAP
 		"bad class name",
 #endif
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 	int	ch;
 	char	cmd[MAX_COMMAND];
 	char	envstr[MAX_ENVSTR];
+	char	**prev_env;
 
 	Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...about to eat comments\n"))
 
@@ -122,6 +124,11 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 
 	e = (entry *) calloc(sizeof(entry), sizeof(char));
 
+	if (e == NULL) {
+		warn("load_entry: calloc failed");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (ch == '@') {
 		/* all of these should be flagged and load-limited; i.e.,
 		 * instead of @hourly meaning "0 * * * *" it should mean
@@ -269,8 +276,17 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 		if ((s = strrchr(username, '/')) != NULL) {
 			*s = '\0';
 			e->class = strdup(s + 1);
-		} else
+			if (e->class == NULL)
+				warn("strdup(\"%s\")", s + 1);
+		} else {
 			e->class = strdup(RESOURCE_RC);
+			if (e->class == NULL)
+				warn("strdup(\"%s\")", RESOURCE_RC);
+		}
+		if (e->class == NULL) {
+			ecode = e_mem;
+			goto eof;
+		}
 		if (login_getclass(e->class) == NULL) {
 			ecode = e_class;
 			goto eof;
@@ -310,21 +326,61 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 	 * others are overrides.
 	 */
 	e->envp = env_copy(envp);
+	if (e->envp == NULL) {
+		warn("env_copy");
+		ecode = e_mem;
+		goto eof;
+	}
 	if (!env_get("SHELL", e->envp)) {
+		prev_env = e->envp;
 		sprintf(envstr, "SHELL=%s", _PATH_BSHELL);
 		e->envp = env_set(e->envp, envstr);
+		if (e->envp == NULL) {
+			warn("env_set(%s)", envstr);
+			env_free(prev_env);
+			ecode = e_mem;
+			goto eof;
+		}
 	}
+	prev_env = e->envp;
 	sprintf(envstr, "HOME=%s", pw->pw_dir);
 	e->envp = env_set(e->envp, envstr);
+	if (e->envp == NULL) {
+		warn("env_set(%s)", envstr);
+		env_free(prev_env);
+		ecode = e_mem;
+		goto eof;
+	}
 	if (!env_get("PATH", e->envp)) {
+		prev_env = e->envp;
 		sprintf(envstr, "PATH=%s", _PATH_DEFPATH);
 		e->envp = env_set(e->envp, envstr);
+		if (e->envp == NULL) {
+			warn("env_set(%s)", envstr);
+			env_free(prev_env);
+			ecode = e_mem;
+			goto eof;
+		}
 	}
+	prev_env = e->envp;
 	sprintf(envstr, "%s=%s", "LOGNAME", pw->pw_name);
 	e->envp = env_set(e->envp, envstr);
+	if (e->envp == NULL) {
+		warn("env_set(%s)", envstr);
+		env_free(prev_env);
+		ecode = e_mem;
+		goto eof;
+	}
 #if defined(BSD)
+	prev_env = e->envp;
 	sprintf(envstr, "%s=%s", "USER", pw->pw_name);
 	e->envp = env_set(e->envp, envstr);
+	if (e->envp == NULL) {
+		warn("env_set(%s)", envstr);
+		env_free(prev_env);
+		ecode = e_mem;
+		goto eof;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...about to parse command\n"))
@@ -339,6 +395,7 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 	/* a file without a \n before the EOF is rude, so we'll complain...
 	 */
 	if (ch == EOF) {
+		env_free(e->envp);
 		ecode = e_cmd;
 		goto eof;
 	}
@@ -346,7 +403,12 @@ load_entry(file, error_func, pw, envp)
 	/* got the command in the 'cmd' string; save it in *e.
 	 */
 	e->cmd = strdup(cmd);
-
+	if (e->cmd == NULL) {
+		warn("strdup(\"%d\")", cmd);
+		env_free(e->envp);
+		ecode = e_mem;
+		goto eof;
+	}
 	Debug(DPARS, ("load_entry()...returning successfully\n"))
 
 	/* success, fini, return pointer to the entry we just created...
diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/misc.c b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/misc.c
index eca9604bafc1..f8538ea3f346 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/lib/misc.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/lib/misc.c
@@ -463,34 +463,39 @@ log_it(username, xpid, event, detail)
 		     + strlen(detail)
 		     + MAX_TEMPSTR);
 
-	if (LogFD < OK) {
-		LogFD = open(LOG_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0600);
+	if (msg == NULL)
+		warnx("failed to allocate memory for log message");
+	else {
 		if (LogFD < OK) {
-			warn("can't open log file %s", LOG_FILE);
-		} else {
-			(void) fcntl(LogFD, F_SETFD, 1);
+			LogFD = open(LOG_FILE, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT, 0600);
+			if (LogFD < OK) {
+				warn("can't open log file %s", LOG_FILE);
+			} else {
+				(void) fcntl(LogFD, F_SETFD, 1);
+			}
 		}
+
+		/* we have to sprintf() it because fprintf() doesn't always
+		 * write everything out in one chunk and this has to be
+		 * atomically appended to the log file.
+		 */
+		sprintf(msg, "%s (%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d-%d) %s (%s)\n",
+			username,
+			t->tm_mon+1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_hour, t->tm_min,
+			t->tm_sec, pid, event, detail);
+
+		/* we have to run strlen() because sprintf() returns (char*)
+		 * on old BSD.
+		 */
+		if (LogFD < OK || write(LogFD, msg, strlen(msg)) < OK) {
+			if (LogFD >= OK)
+				warn("%s", LOG_FILE);
+			warnx("can't write to log file");
+			write(STDERR, msg, strlen(msg));
+		}
+
+		free(msg);
 	}
-
-	/* we have to sprintf() it because fprintf() doesn't always write
-	 * everything out in one chunk and this has to be atomically appended
-	 * to the log file.
-	 */
-	sprintf(msg, "%s (%02d/%02d-%02d:%02d:%02d-%d) %s (%s)\n",
-		username,
-		t->tm_mon+1, t->tm_mday, t->tm_hour, t->tm_min, t->tm_sec, pid,
-		event, detail);
-
-	/* we have to run strlen() because sprintf() returns (char*) on old BSD
-	 */
-	if (LogFD < OK || write(LogFD, msg, strlen(msg)) < OK) {
-		if (LogFD >= OK)
-			warn("%s", LOG_FILE);
-		warnx("can't write to log file");
-		write(STDERR, msg, strlen(msg));
-	}
-
-	free(msg);
 #endif /*LOG_FILE*/
 
 #if defined(SYSLOG)
@@ -603,7 +608,8 @@ mkprints(src, len)
 {
 	register char *dst = malloc(len*4 + 1);
 
-	mkprint(dst, src, len);
+	if (dst != NULL)
+		mkprint(dst, src, len);
 
 	return dst;
 }