diff --git a/include/pcerrc.h b/include/pcerrc.h
index b2a1fdf6cb443a63d74b9cce65565d58c93070da..ff666eaa7f0e9594094fb3d0cb87fb3fc646fb88 100644
--- a/include/pcerrc.h
+++ b/include/pcerrc.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define LIBPERF_ERR_COUNTER_INDEX_IS_ZERO 1078
 #define LIBPERF_ERR_BPF_ACT_FAILED 1079
 #define LIBPERF_ERR_INVALID_BPF_PARAM 1080
+#define LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER 1081
 
 #define UNKNOWN_ERROR 9999
 
diff --git a/pmu/dump_perf_data.cpp b/pmu/dump_perf_data.cpp
index c17937b3cb21695069be47366a2765f36366a748..fe307b06c36134ed35b8b9e20251606219e0161c 100644
--- a/pmu/dump_perf_data.cpp
+++ b/pmu/dump_perf_data.cpp
@@ -636,6 +636,11 @@ map<PmuFile, unique_ptr<PerfDataDumper>> dumpers;
 
 PmuFile PmuBeginWrite(const char *path, const PmuAttr *pattr, const int addIdHdr)
 {
+    if (pattr == nullptr) {
+        New(LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "PmuAttr cannot be null");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     try {
         unique_ptr<PerfDataDumper> dumper(new PerfDataDumper(path, addIdHdr));
         int err = dumper->Start(pattr);
diff --git a/pmu/pmu.cpp b/pmu/pmu.cpp
index 6e2f1c7086b2b4bbac2d4f5d6a0bfa9d490c995b..b83c4afa4c0704d1ef6134ab6f84ff86106eeea7 100644
--- a/pmu/pmu.cpp
+++ b/pmu/pmu.cpp
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ int PmuOpen(enum PmuTaskType collectType, struct PmuAttr *attr)
 {
     SetWarn(SUCCESS);
     New(SUCCESS);
+    if (attr == nullptr) {
+        New(LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "PmuAttr cannot be null");
+        return -1;
+    }
     PmuAttr copiedAttr = *attr;
     pair<unsigned, char**> previousEventList = {0, nullptr};
     try {
@@ -1112,12 +1116,19 @@ static void DumpStack(ofstream &out, Stack *stack, int dumpDwf)
 int PmuDumpData(struct PmuData *pmuData, unsigned len, char *filepath, int dumpDwf)
 {
     SetWarn(SUCCESS);
+    if (filepath == nullptr) {
+        New(LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "filepath cannot be null");
+        return -1;
+    }
     ofstream out(filepath, ios_base::app);
     if (!out.is_open()) {
         New(LIBPERF_ERR_PATH_INACCESSIBLE, "cannot access: " + string(filepath));
         return -1;
     }
-
+    if (pmuData == nullptr) {
+        New(LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "PmuData cannot be null");
+        return -1;
+    }
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
         auto &data = pmuData[i];
         if (data.comm) {
diff --git a/pmu/pmu_trace_analysis.cpp b/pmu/pmu_trace_analysis.cpp
index 0411f682869ec0786251a2bbd17b4996595839a8..2f1df1f78480cf387a56d1406f409d91ca91daf6 100644
--- a/pmu/pmu_trace_analysis.cpp
+++ b/pmu/pmu_trace_analysis.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ int PmuTraceOpen(enum PmuTraceType traceType, struct PmuTraceAttr *traceAttr)
     return -1;
 #else 
     SetWarn(SUCCESS);
+    if (traceAttr == nullptr) {
+        New(LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "PmuTraceAttr cannot be null");
+        return -1;
+    }
     auto err = CheckTraceAttr(traceType, traceAttr);
     if (err != SUCCESS) {
         return -1;
diff --git a/python/modules/kperf/perror.py b/python/modules/kperf/perror.py
index 304f5483b4251e5d3b1a247902d861cb8ed56a2a..62cb6017da77bb0009d6df7705172186dd6297f6 100644
--- a/python/modules/kperf/perror.py
+++ b/python/modules/kperf/perror.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class Error:
     LIBPERF_ERR_COUNTER_INDEX_IS_ZERO = 1078
     LIBPERF_ERR_BPF_ACT_FAILED = 1079
     LIBPERF_ERR_INVALID_BPF_PARAM = 1080
+    LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER = 1081
 
     UNKNOWN_ERROR = 9999
 
diff --git a/util/pcerr.cpp b/util/pcerr.cpp
index 6d9c53c38e2399019ade1875758bb64991863a3e..9cf3f649aaba20f6da91135a6f65099783dca739 100644
--- a/util/pcerr.cpp
+++ b/util/pcerr.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ namespace pcerr {
             {LIBPERF_ERR_ALLOCATE_REGISTER_FAILED, "Allocate register failed!"},
             {LIBPERF_ERR_CHECK_USER_ACCESS, "Check user access failed!"},
             {LIBPERF_ERR_INVALID_BPF_PARAM, "check bpf mode failed"},
-            {LIBPERF_ERR_BPF_ACT_FAILED, "failed to execute bpf obj action"}
+            {LIBPERF_ERR_BPF_ACT_FAILED, "failed to execute bpf obj action"},
+            {LIBPERF_ERR_NULL_POINTER, "the input pointer cannot be null"}
     };
     static std::unordered_map<int, std::string> warnMsgs = {
             {LIBPERF_WARN_CTXID_LOST, "Some SPE context packets are not found in the traces."},