1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
index f4f17e766..188a7f229 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static void parse_module(module_info *info, const char *pathname)
         /* Read (possibly compressed) module */
         len = 64 * 1024 * 1024; /* 64 Mb at most */
         module_image = xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(pathname, &len);
+        /* module_image == NULL is ok here, find_keyword handles it */
 //TODO: optimize redundant module body reads
 
         /* "alias1 symbol:sym1 alias2 symbol:sym2" */
@@ -845,6 +846,8 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
                 len = MAXINT(ssize_t);
                 map = xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(*argv, &len);
+                if (!map)
+                        bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't read '%s'", *argv);
                 if (init_module(map, len,
                         IF_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE(options ? options : "")
                         IF_NOT_FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE("")