Fixed bug 2681 - dereference a NULL pointer dst_fmt in SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface function Nitz In SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface: SDL_PixelFormat *dst_fmt; /* Set up a destination surface for the texture update */ dst_fmt = SDL_AllocFormat(format); temp = SDL_ConvertSurface(surface, dst_fmt, 0); Here is need of NULL check for dst_fmt because there are chances of NULL return from SDL_AllocFormat(format);