diff --git a/crypto/x509v3/v3_pci.c b/crypto/x509v3/v3_pci.c
index c254b2ff9..0dcfa004f 100644
--- a/crypto/x509v3/v3_pci.c
+++ b/crypto/x509v3/v3_pci.c
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ static int process_pci_value(CONF_VALUE *val,
 			unsigned char *tmp_data2 =
 				string_to_hex(val->value + 4, &val_len);
 
-			if (!tmp_data2) goto err;
+			if (!tmp_data2) 
+				{
+				X509V3err(X509V3_F_PROCESS_PCI_VALUE,X509V3_R_ILLEGAL_HEX_DIGIT);
+				X509V3_conf_err(val);
+				goto err;
+				}
 
 			tmp_data = OPENSSL_realloc((*policy)->data,
 				(*policy)->length + val_len + 1);
@@ -140,6 +145,17 @@ static int process_pci_value(CONF_VALUE *val,
 				(*policy)->length += val_len;
 				(*policy)->data[(*policy)->length] = '\0';
 				}
+			else
+				{
+				OPENSSL_free(tmp_data2);
+				/* realloc failure implies the original data space is b0rked too! */
+				(*policy)->data = NULL;
+				(*policy)->length = 0;
+				X509V3err(X509V3_F_PROCESS_PCI_VALUE,ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
+				X509V3_conf_err(val);
+				goto err;
+				}
+			OPENSSL_free(tmp_data2);
 			}
 		else if (strncmp(val->value, "file:", 5) == 0)
 			{
@@ -169,6 +185,7 @@ static int process_pci_value(CONF_VALUE *val,
 				(*policy)->length += n;
 				(*policy)->data[(*policy)->length] = '\0';
 				}
+			BIO_free_all(b);
 
 			if (n < 0)
 				{
@@ -190,6 +207,15 @@ static int process_pci_value(CONF_VALUE *val,
 				(*policy)->length += val_len;
 				(*policy)->data[(*policy)->length] = '\0';
 				}
+			else
+				{
+				/* realloc failure implies the original data space is b0rked too! */
+				(*policy)->data = NULL;
+				(*policy)->length = 0;
+				X509V3err(X509V3_F_PROCESS_PCI_VALUE,ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
+				X509V3_conf_err(val);
+				goto err;
+				}
 			}
 		else
 			{