Index: firmware/buffer.c
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--- firmware/buffer.c	(revision 28167)
+++ firmware/buffer.c	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "buffer.h"
+#include "panic.h"
 
 #if (CONFIG_PLATFORM & PLATFORM_HOSTED)
 unsigned char audiobuffer[(MEM*1024-256)*1024];
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@
     audiobuf += size;
     /* 32-bit aligned */
     audiobuf = (void *)(((unsigned long)audiobuf + 3) & ~3);
+    if (audiobuf > audiobufend) {
+        panicf("OOM: %d bytes", (int) size);
+    }
     
     return retval;
 }