How to handle realloc when it fails due to memory?

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The standard technique is to introduce a new variable to hold the return from realloc. You then only overwrite your input variable if it succeeds:

tmp = realloc(orig, newsize);
if (tmp == NULL)
{
    // could not realloc, but orig still valid
}
else
{
    orig = tmp;
}

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