diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
index f27cc21..dc9f848 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@
     array->clear();
     Mutexed<Input>::Locked input(mInput);
 
+    if (!input->buffers) {
+        ALOGE("getInputBufferArray: No Input Buffers allocated");
+        return;
+    }
     if (!input->buffers->isArrayMode()) {
         input->buffers = input->buffers->toArrayMode(input->numSlots);
     }
@@ -1026,7 +1030,10 @@
 void CCodecBufferChannel::getOutputBufferArray(Vector<sp<MediaCodecBuffer>> *array) {
     array->clear();
     Mutexed<Output>::Locked output(mOutput);
-
+    if (!output->buffers) {
+        ALOGE("getOutputBufferArray: No Output Buffers allocated");
+        return;
+    }
     if (!output->buffers->isArrayMode()) {
         output->buffers = output->buffers->toArrayMode(output->numSlots);
     }
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/Codec2Buffer.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/Codec2Buffer.cpp
index 6084ee3..cde4c72 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/Codec2Buffer.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/Codec2Buffer.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,39 @@
                     mInitCheck = BAD_VALUE;
                     return;
                 }
+                std::optional<int> clientBitDepth = {};
+                switch (mClientColorFormat) {
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUVP010:
+                        clientBitDepth = 10;
+                        break;
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV411PackedPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV411Planar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV420Planar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedSemiPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV422Planar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV422SemiPlanar:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV444Flexible:
+                    case COLOR_FormatYUV444Interleaved:
+                        clientBitDepth = 8;
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        // no-op; used with optional
+                        break;
+
+                }
+                // conversion fails if client bit-depth and the component bit-depth differs
+                if ((clientBitDepth) && (bitDepth != clientBitDepth.value())) {
+                    ALOGD("Bit depth of client: %d and component: %d differs",
+                        *clientBitDepth, bitDepth);
+                    mInitCheck = BAD_VALUE;
+                    return;
+                }
                 C2PlaneInfo yPlane = layout.planes[C2PlanarLayout::PLANE_Y];
                 C2PlaneInfo uPlane = layout.planes[C2PlanarLayout::PLANE_U];
                 C2PlaneInfo vPlane = layout.planes[C2PlanarLayout::PLANE_V];
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/utils/Codec2BufferUtils.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/utils/Codec2BufferUtils.cpp
index a3a023a..807841e 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/utils/Codec2BufferUtils.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/utils/Codec2BufferUtils.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@
 }  // namespace
 
 status_t ImageCopy(uint8_t *imgBase, const MediaImage2 *img, const C2GraphicView &view) {
-    if (view.crop().width != img->mWidth || view.crop().height != img->mHeight) {
+    if (img == nullptr
+        || imgBase == nullptr
+        || view.crop().width != img->mWidth
+        || view.crop().height != img->mHeight) {
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     const uint8_t* src_y = view.data()[0];
@@ -203,7 +206,10 @@
 }
 
 status_t ImageCopy(C2GraphicView &view, const uint8_t *imgBase, const MediaImage2 *img) {
-    if (view.crop().width != img->mWidth || view.crop().height != img->mHeight) {
+    if (img == nullptr
+        || imgBase == nullptr
+        || view.crop().width != img->mWidth
+        || view.crop().height != img->mHeight) {
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
     const uint8_t* src_y = imgBase + img->mPlane[0].mOffset;