1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar.c b/sway/commands/bar.c
index 55cb0d9d..e8d24084 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_bar(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         // Create new bar with default values
         struct bar_config *bar = default_bar_config();
+        if (!bar) {
+                return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE, "bar", "Unable to allocate bar state");
+        }
 
         // set bar id
         int i;
@@ -39,7 +42,11 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_bar(int argc, char **argv) {
                 if (bar == config->bars->items[i]) {
                         const int len = 5 + numlen(i); // "bar-" + i + \0
                         bar->id = malloc(len * sizeof(char));
-                        snprintf(bar->id, len, "bar-%d", i);
+                        if (bar->id) {
+                                snprintf(bar->id, len, "bar-%d", i);
+                        } else {
+                                return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE, "bar", "Unable to allocate bar ID");
+                        }
                         break;
                 }
         }