vips_tracked_malloc( size_t size )
{
        void *buf;

	vips_tracked_init(); 

	/* Need an extra sizeof(size_t) bytes to track 
	 * size of this block. Ask for an extra 16 to make sure we don't break
	 * alignment rules.
	 */
	size += 16;

        if( !(buf = g_try_malloc( size )) ) {
#ifdef DEBUG
		g_assert_not_reached();
#endif /*DEBUG*/

		vips_error( "vips_tracked", 
			_( "out of memory --- size == %dMB" ), 
			(int) (size / (1024.0 * 1024.0))  );
		g_warning( _( "out of memory --- size == %dMB" ), 
			(int) (size / (1024.0 * 1024.0))  );

                return( NULL );
	}

	g_mutex_lock( vips_tracked_mutex );

	*((size_t *)buf) = size;
	buf = (void *) ((char *)buf + 16);

	vips_tracked_mem += size;
	if( vips_tracked_mem > vips_tracked_mem_highwater ) 
		vips_tracked_mem_highwater = vips_tracked_mem;
	vips_tracked_allocs += 1;

#ifdef DEBUG_VERBOSE
	printf( "vips_tracked_malloc: %p, %zd bytes\n", buf, size ); 
#endif /*DEBUG_VERBOSE*/

	g_mutex_unlock( vips_tracked_mutex );

	VIPS_GATE_MALLOC( size ); 

        return( buf );
}
The software uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.