1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xorg-server/os/rpcauth.c b/xorg-server/os/rpcauth.c
index d60ea3518..413cc6118 100644
--- a/xorg-server/os/rpcauth.c
+++ b/xorg-server/os/rpcauth.c
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ authdes_ezdecode(const char *inmsg, int len)
     SVCXPRT xprt;
 
     temp_inmsg = malloc(len);
+    if (temp_inmsg == NULL) {
+        why = AUTH_FAILED; /* generic error, since there is no AUTH_BADALLOC */
+        return NULL;
+    }
     memmove(temp_inmsg, inmsg, len);
 
     memset((char *) &msg, 0, sizeof(msg));