diff --git a/modules/pam_pwhistory/opasswd.c b/modules/pam_pwhistory/opasswd.c
index 836d713..c36628e 100644
--- a/modules/pam_pwhistory/opasswd.c
+++ b/modules/pam_pwhistory/opasswd.c
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ parse_entry (char *line, opwd *data)
 {
   const char delimiters[] = ":";
   char *endptr;
+  char *count;
 
   data->user = strsep (&line, delimiters);
   data->uid = strsep (&line, delimiters);
-  data->count = strtol (strsep (&line, delimiters), &endptr, 10);
+  count = strsep (&line, delimiters);
+  if (data->user == NULL || data->uid == NULL || count == NULL)
+      return 1;
+
+  data->count = strtol (count, &endptr, 10);
   if (endptr != NULL && *endptr != '\0')
       return 1;
 
diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c b/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
index 4840bb2..7f7bc49 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/passverify.c
@@ -639,11 +639,23 @@ save_old_password(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *forwho, const char *oldpass,
 		continue;
 	    buf[strlen(buf) - 1] = '\0';
 	    s_luser = strtok_r(buf, ":", &sptr);
+	    if (s_luser == NULL) {
+		found = 0;
+		continue;
+	    }
 	    s_uid = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &sptr);
+	    if (s_uid == NULL) {
+		found = 0;
+		continue;
+	    }
 	    s_npas = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &sptr);
+	    if (s_npas == NULL) {
+		found = 0;
+		continue;
+	    }
 	    s_pas = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &sptr);
 	    npas = strtol(s_npas, NULL, 10) + 1;
-	    while (npas > howmany) {
+	    while (npas > howmany && s_pas != NULL) {
 		s_pas = strpbrk(s_pas, ",");
 		if (s_pas != NULL)
 		    s_pas++;