[gnutls-devel] GnuTLS | Add check for memory allocation APIs to avoid NULL pointer dereference (!2006)

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Jiasheng Jiang created a merge request: https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/merge_requests/2006

Project:Branches: purdue-university1/gnutls:patch28 to gnutls/gnutls:master
Author:   Jiasheng Jiang




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* Add check for memory allocation APIs to avoid NULL pointer dereference

Add check for the return value of memory allocation APIs to avoid NULL
pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool at gmail.com>

## Checklist
 * [ ] Commits have `Signed-off-by:` with name/author being identical to the commit author
 * [ ] Code modified for feature
 * [ ] Test suite updated with functionality tests
 * [ ] Test suite updated with negative tests
 * [ ] Documentation updated / NEWS entry present (for non-trivial changes)

## Reviewer's checklist:
 * [ ] Any issues marked for closing are addressed
 * [ ] There is a test suite reasonably covering new functionality or modifications
 * [ ] Function naming, parameters, return values, types, etc., are consistent and according to `CONTRIBUTION.md`
 * [ ] This feature/change has adequate documentation added
 * [ ] No obvious mistakes in the code

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