1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
index 436f239b12..2417086537 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ CONF_get1_default_config_file(void)
         file = getenv("OPENSSL_CONF");
         if (file) 
                 return BUF_strdup(file);
-        asprintf(&file, "%s/openssl.cnf", X509_get_default_cert_area());
+        if (asprintf(&file, "%s/openssl.cnf", X509_get_default_cert_area()) == -1)
+                return (NULL);
         return file;
 }