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Value returned from malloc is not checked for errors before being used. This patch fixes following coverity issue. static struct vhost_memory_kernel * prepare_vhost_memory_kernel(void) { ... vm = malloc(sizeof(struct vhost_memory_kernel) + max_regions * sizeof(struct vhost_memory_region)); ... >>> CID 140744: (NULL_RETURNS) >>> Dereferencing a null pointer "vm". mr = &vm->regions[k++]; Coverity issue: 140744 Fixes: e3b434818bbb ("net/virtio-user: support kernel vhost") Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com> Acked-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>