In the following code, the first printf() reached produces the output “14,” but the second printf() can cause a bus error or a segmentation fault. Why? main() { int *p; funct(p); printf("%d\n",*p); }

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  1. In the following code, the first printf() reached produces the output “14,” but the

second printf() can cause a bus error or a segmentation fault. Why?

main()
{
int *p;
funct(p);
printf("%d\n",*p);
}
funct(int *p2)
{
p2=(int *)malloc(4);
*p2=14;
printf("%d\n",*p2);
}

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