diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e65620b5a..5ee2f1672 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-loader"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62a2f912deca034ec34b0a43a390059ea98daac40e440ebe8bea88f3315fe168"
+checksum = "f8242360c7d79a7713a28043c994b815e9820b0e97e44b228ec9bd913c16bdfe"
 dependencies = [
  "vm-memory",
 ]
diff --git a/arch/Cargo.toml b/arch/Cargo.toml
index 10bdfe182..6bfb9ff27 100644
--- a/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.66"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
 libc = "0.2.137"
-linux-loader = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["elf", "bzimage", "pe"] }
+linux-loader = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["elf", "bzimage", "pe"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
 serde = { version = "1.0.147", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 7c2e771f8..9b147a188 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ gdbstub = { version = "0.6.3", optional = true }
 gdbstub_arch = { version = "0.2.4", optional = true }
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
 libc = "0.2.137"
-linux-loader = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["elf", "bzimage", "pe"] }
+linux-loader = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["elf", "bzimage", "pe"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
 micro_http = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http", branch = "main" }
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index 951ee365f..3813ac371 100644
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("Cannot modify the kernel command line: {0}")]
     CmdLineInsertStr(#[source] linux_loader::cmdline::Error),
 
+    #[error("Cannot create the kernel command line: {0}")]
+    CmdLineCreate(#[source] linux_loader::cmdline::Error),
+
     #[error("Cannot configure system: {0}")]
     ConfigureSystem(#[source] arch::Error),
 
@@ -897,7 +900,7 @@ impl Vm {
         payload: &PayloadConfig,
         #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")] device_manager: &Arc<Mutex<DeviceManager>>,
     ) -> Result<Cmdline> {
-        let mut cmdline = Cmdline::new(arch::CMDLINE_MAX_SIZE);
+        let mut cmdline = Cmdline::new(arch::CMDLINE_MAX_SIZE).map_err(Error::CmdLineCreate)?;
         if let Some(s) = payload.cmdline.as_ref() {
             cmdline.insert_str(s).map_err(Error::CmdLineInsertStr)?;
         }