2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7a7823b5..9dddf135 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fetchmail-6.3.17 (not yet released):
   local issuer certificate" and self-signed certificates -- these usually hint
   to missing root signing CAs in the certs directory.
 * Several fixes for compiler (GCC, Intel C++, CLang) and autotools warnings
+* Memory allocation failures will now cause abnormal program abort (SIGABRT),
+  not exit with unspecified code.
 
 # DOCUMENTATION
 * Fix table of global option to read "set softbounce" where there used to be a
diff --git a/xmalloc.c b/xmalloc.c
index f722c73b..c2ca4a66 100644
--- a/xmalloc.c
+++ b/xmalloc.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ xmalloc (size_t n)
     if (p == (XMALLOCTYPE *) 0)
     {
 	report(stderr, GT_("malloc failed\n"));
-	exit(PS_UNDEFINED);
+	abort();
     }
     return(p);
 }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ xrealloc (XMALLOCTYPE *p, size_t n)
     if (p == (XMALLOCTYPE *) 0)
     {
 	report(stderr, GT_("realloc failed\n"));
-	exit(PS_UNDEFINED);
+	abort();
     }
     return p;
 }