- if (bufferoff == buffersize)
- buffer = (char *) realloc(buffer, buffersize *= 2);
+ if (bufferoff == buffersize)
+ {
+ char* newBuffer = (char *) realloc(buffer, buffersize *= 2);
+ if (newBuffer == NULL)
+ {
+ free(buffer);
+ return "Couldn't allocate a buffer big enough for reading";
+ }
+ buffer = newBuffer;
+ }