1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index 13a67e9ab8..61dd6c4227 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -916,30 +916,42 @@ char *hexmem(const void *p, size_t l) {
         return r;
 }
 
-void *unhexmem(const char *p, size_t l) {
-        uint8_t *r, *z;
+int unhexmem(const char *p, size_t l, void **mem, size_t *len) {
+        _cleanup_free_ uint8_t *r = NULL;
+        uint8_t *z;
         const char *x;
 
+        assert(mem);
+        assert(len);
         assert(p);
 
         z = r = malloc((l + 1) / 2 + 1);
         if (!r)
-                return NULL;
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         for (x = p; x < p + l; x += 2) {
                 int a, b;
 
                 a = unhexchar(x[0]);
-                if (x+1 < p + l)
+                if (a < 0)
+                        return a;
+                else if (x+1 < p + l) {
                         b = unhexchar(x[1]);
-                else
+                        if (b < 0)
+                                return b;
+                } else
                         b = 0;
 
                 *(z++) = (uint8_t) a << 4 | (uint8_t) b;
         }
 
         *z = 0;
-        return r;
+
+        *mem = r;
+        r = NULL;
+        *len = (l + 1) / 2;
+
+        return 0;
 }
 
 char octchar(int x) {