Index: branches/chucko/i386/config/symbol.c
===================================================================
--- branches/chucko/i386/config/symbol.c	(revision 2295)
+++ branches/chucko/i386/config/symbol.c	(revision 2296)
@@ -881,8 +881,13 @@
 
 		newlen = strlen(res) + strlen(symval) + strlen(src) + 1;
 		if (newlen > reslen) {
-			reslen = newlen;
-			res = realloc(res, reslen);
+          char* newres = NULL;
+          if (!(newres = realloc(res, newlen))) {
+            /* TODO: handle error gracefully - for now, punt */
+            break;
+          }
+          res = newres;
+          reslen = newlen;
 		}
 
 		strcat(res, symval);