--- pathfind.c.orig 2014-06-10 16:55:00.296402796 -0700
+++ pathfind.c  2014-06-10 16:59:36.459501706 -0700
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
     } else {
         if (dot_path && dot_path[0]) {
             result = malloc( 2 + strlen( dot_path ) + strlen( string ) );
+       if (result == NULL) /* oops, malloc() failed */
+       goto make_absolute_done;
             strcpy( result, dot_path );
             result_len = strlen( result );
             if (result[result_len - 1] != '/') {
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@
             }
         } else {
             result = malloc( 3 + strlen( string ) );
+       if (result == NULL) /* oops, malloc() failed */
+       goto make_absolute_done;
             result[0] = '.'; result[1] = '/'; result[2] = '\0';
             result_len = 2;
         }
@@ -185,6 +189,7 @@
         strcpy( result + result_len, string );
     }

+make_absolute_done:
     return result;
 }