Re: invalid free() bug

[Michael Brennan]

On 7/20/06, Andrew J. Schorr <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 01:24:59AM +0200, Michael Brennan wrote:
> > giving gawk a nonexistent file as argument at the command line
> > will invoke free() on an invalid pointer.
> > This occurs with version 1.3.5
> >
> > Example:
> > gawk '{}' abc
> > *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x08093340 ***
> > Abort
> >
> > I've traced the error to function iop_alloc() which tries to
> > free *iop, which is static, if fd is invalid.
>
> FYI, this is a known bug.  The fix is here:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2006-07/msg00002.html
>
> Regards,
> Andy

I'm sorry, I suspected this was a known bug but I just couldn't find
the bug archive anywhere to check it, I only found the email address
on the gnu site.
Thank you!

/Michael Brennan