diff -ur pcsc-lite-1.8.10.orig/src/hotplug_libudev.c pcsc-lite-1.8.10/src/hotplug_libudev.c
--- pcsc-lite-1.8.10.orig/src/hotplug_libudev.c	2013-10-06 12:25:18.000000000 +0200
+++ pcsc-lite-1.8.10/src/hotplug_libudev.c	2014-06-03 09:54:44.289011617 +0200
@@ -541,6 +541,12 @@
 	fd_set fds;
 
 	udev_monitor = udev_monitor_new_from_netlink(udev, "udev");
+	if (udev_monitor == NULL)
+	{
+		Log1(PCSC_LOG_ERROR, "udev_monitor_new_from_netlink() error\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	
 
 	/* filter only the interfaces */
 	r = udev_monitor_filter_add_match_subsystem_devtype(udev_monitor, "usb",
@@ -560,6 +566,11 @@
 
 	/* udev monitor file descriptor */
 	fd = udev_monitor_get_fd(udev_monitor);
+	if (fd < 0)
+	{
+		Log2(PCSC_LOG_ERROR, "udev_monitor_get_fd() error: %d\n", fd);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	while (!AraKiriHotPlug)
 	{