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Bug#38529; Package pointerize.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgDebian Boot-Floppies Enrique Zanardi  Subject: Bug#38529: Memory leak in pointerize (was: Problem #4) Reply-To: Martin Schulze , 38529@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: Martin Schulze Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Debian Boot-Floppies , Enrique Zanardi Resent-Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:03:00 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj@debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 38529 X-Debian-PR-Package: pointerize X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by bugs@bugs.debian.org id=B.9280040954075 (code B ref -1); Sat, 29 May 1999 19:03:00 GMT Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 20:56:52 +0200 From: Martin Schulze To: submit@bugs.debian.org Message-ID: <19990529205652.F28610@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> References: <19990529205007.J1146@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990529205007.J1146@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>; from Martin Schulze on Sat, May 29, 1999 at 08:50:07PM +0200 Package: pointerize Version: 0.2 Hi Enrique, I'm just trying to let the boot-floppies script for potato run and have encountered this problem. Martin Schulze wrote: > This is not a good sign... > > make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/debian/work/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po' > cc -D_GNU_SOURCE -DARCH=i386 -DARCHNAME='"i386"' -DKVER='"2.2.7"' -Wall -g -DINCLUDE_DBOOTSTRAP -c baseconfig.c -o baseconfig.oecho "#line 1 \"bootconfig.c\"" >tmp.bootconfig.c > pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > make[3]: *** [tmp.bootconfig.c] Error 139 > > kuolema!joey(ttyp1):/usr/src/debian/work/foo> ../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > Segmentation fault > kuolema!joey(ttyp1):/usr/src/debian/work/foo> gdb ../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize > GNU gdb 4.17.19981224.m68k.objc.threads.hwwp.fpu.gnat > Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"... > (gdb) run -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > Starting program: /usr/src/debian/work/foo/../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x4004f97f in free () > (gdb) where > #0 0x4004f97f in free () > #1 0x4004f7f1 in free () > #2 0x804a454 in reset_buffer (freebuf=1) at pointerize.c:951 > #3 0x804a4a7 in fetchbuffer () at pointerize.c:961 > #4 0x8049dba in phase5_get (tp=0xbffff184) at pointerize.c:733 > #5 0x8049e7f in phase8_get (tp=0xbffff184) at pointerize.c:769 > #6 0x804a019 in my_lex (tp=0xbffff1a0) at pointerize.c:810 > #7 0x804a219 in scan_file () at pointerize.c:879 > #8 0x804a77d in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffff1d8) at pointerize.c:1055 'kay, I've found the problem: if (pubbuffer) { pubbuffer[pubbufpos]='\0'; tmp=strdup(pubbuffer); reset_buffer(1); return tmp; } Apparently sizeof(pubbuffer) is 100 as is pubbufpos which means that the code will place '\0' at pos 101 which is not yet allocated. diff -u -Nur --exclude CVS orig/pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c --- orig/pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c Sun Mar 7 21:50:58 1999 +++ pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c Sat May 29 20:49:44 1999 @@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ static char *fetchbuffer(void) { char *tmp; if (pubbuffer) { - pubbuffer[pubbufpos]='\0'; + --pubbufpos; + bufferget('\0'); tmp=strdup(pubbuffer); reset_buffer(1); return tmp; This looks ugly but it works. However, there is another bug some lines above: static void bufferget(int __c) { static int bufmax; if (pubbuffer == NULL) { bufmax = 0; pubbufpos = 0; } if (pubbufpos >= bufmax) { bufmax += 100; pubbuffer = xrealloc (pubbuffer, bufmax); } pubbuffer[pubbufpos++]=__c; } If there is no pubbuffer, pos 0 won't be written, but only pos 1. I don't think this is intentional. I'll leave it to Enrique to fix it, I haven't grok'ed the code yet. Regards, Joey -- Linux - the choice of a GNU generation Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.   Acknowledgement sent to Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian Boot-Floppies <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>, Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: Martin Schulze Subject: Bug#38529: Acknowledgement (Memory leak in pointerize (was: Problem #4)) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <19990529205652.F28610@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> References: <19990529205652.F28610@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack 38529 Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. As you requested using X-Debian-CC, your message was also forwarded to Debian Boot-Floppies (after having been given a bug report number, if it didn't have one). Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Enrique Zanardi If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 38529@bugs.debian.org (and *not* to bugs@bugs.debian.org). Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (administrator, Debian bugs database)   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 29 May 1999 18:54:55 +0000 Received: (qmail 4047 invoked from network); 29 May 1999 18:54:54 -0000 Received: from gimli.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (134.106.1.10) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 29 May 1999 18:54:54 -0000 Received: from finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE ([134.106.121.3]) by gimli.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE (Smail3.1.29.1) id ; Sat, 29 May 99 20:54 CES Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE via smail from stdin id for submit@bugs.debian.org; Sat, 29 May 1999 20:56:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 20:56:52 +0200 From: Martin Schulze To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: Memory leak in pointerize (was: Problem #4) Message-ID: <19990529205652.F28610@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> Reply-To: Martin Schulze References: <19990529205007.J1146@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i X-Debian-Cc: Debian Boot-Floppies In-Reply-To: <19990529205007.J1146@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>; from Martin Schulze on Sat, May 29, 1999 at 08:50:07PM +0200 Package: pointerize Version: 0.2 Hi Enrique, I'm just trying to let the boot-floppies script for potato run and have encountered this problem. Martin Schulze wrote: > This is not a good sign... > > make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/debian/work/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/po' > cc -D_GNU_SOURCE -DARCH=i386 -DARCHNAME='"i386"' -DKVER='"2.2.7"' -Wall -g -DINCLUDE_DBOOTSTRAP -c baseconfig.c -o baseconfig.oecho "#line 1 \"bootconfig.c\"" >tmp.bootconfig.c > pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > make[3]: *** [tmp.bootconfig.c] Error 139 > > kuolema!joey(ttyp1):/usr/src/debian/work/foo> ../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > Segmentation fault > kuolema!joey(ttyp1):/usr/src/debian/work/foo> gdb ../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize > GNU gdb 4.17.19981224.m68k.objc.threads.hwwp.fpu.gnat > Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"... > (gdb) run -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > Starting program: /usr/src/debian/work/foo/../pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize -m C.mo >tmp.bootconfig.c > > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x4004f97f in free () > (gdb) where > #0 0x4004f97f in free () > #1 0x4004f7f1 in free () > #2 0x804a454 in reset_buffer (freebuf=1) at pointerize.c:951 > #3 0x804a4a7 in fetchbuffer () at pointerize.c:961 > #4 0x8049dba in phase5_get (tp=0xbffff184) at pointerize.c:733 > #5 0x8049e7f in phase8_get (tp=0xbffff184) at pointerize.c:769 > #6 0x804a019 in my_lex (tp=0xbffff1a0) at pointerize.c:810 > #7 0x804a219 in scan_file () at pointerize.c:879 > #8 0x804a77d in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffff1d8) at pointerize.c:1055 'kay, I've found the problem: if (pubbuffer) { pubbuffer[pubbufpos]='\0'; tmp=strdup(pubbuffer); reset_buffer(1); return tmp; } Apparently sizeof(pubbuffer) is 100 as is pubbufpos which means that the code will place '\0' at pos 101 which is not yet allocated. diff -u -Nur --exclude CVS orig/pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c --- orig/pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c Sun Mar 7 21:50:58 1999 +++ pointerize-0.2/src/pointerize.c Sat May 29 20:49:44 1999 @@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ static char *fetchbuffer(void) { char *tmp; if (pubbuffer) { - pubbuffer[pubbufpos]='\0'; + --pubbufpos; + bufferget('\0'); tmp=strdup(pubbuffer); reset_buffer(1); return tmp; This looks ugly but it works. However, there is another bug some lines above: static void bufferget(int __c) { static int bufmax; if (pubbuffer == NULL) { bufmax = 0; pubbufpos = 0; } if (pubbufpos >= bufmax) { bufmax += 100; pubbuffer = xrealloc (pubbuffer, bufmax); } pubbuffer[pubbufpos++]=__c; } If there is no pubbuffer, pos 0 won't be written, but only pos 1. I don't think this is intentional. I'll leave it to Enrique to fix it, I haven't grok'ed the code yet. Regards, Joey -- Linux - the choice of a GNU generation Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.   Changed Bug submitter from Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de> to Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>. Request was from Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> to control@bugs.debian.org.   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When there's not nameserver available yet, start syslogd a little bit later. -- Every use of Linux is a proper use of Linux. -- Jon 'maddog' Hall Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.   Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>:
Bug#38529; Package pointerize.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgEnrique Zanardi  X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Subject: Bug#38529: RReport says Arsenal can count on Queen's support Reply-To: Neason Grosser , 38529@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: "Neason Grosser" Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Enrique Zanardi Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: followup 38529 X-Debian-PR-Package: pointerize X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Debian-PR-Source: pointerize Received: via spool by 38529-submit@bugs.debian.org id=B38529.122080346112773 (code B ref 38529); Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:06:02 +0000 Received: (at 38529) by bugs.debian.org; 7 Sep 2008 16:04:21 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rietz.debian.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA,MULTALT autolearn=no version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from static-213-182-120-228.teleos-web.de ([213.182.120.228] helo=srum.teleos-web.de) by rietz.debian.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KcMkO-0003Jr-Kx for 38529@bugs.debian.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:04:21 +0000 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:07:28 +0000 From: "Neason Grosser" X-Mailer: The Bat! (3.71.03) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1086064536.20080907155942@vervevisual.com> To: <38529@bugs.debian.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------83451E693A74F9" ------------83451E693A74F9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 Emphatic. Micky looked at him and all right. It's his oh, very scotch. They talked dog for some keys are, i shall have to janet ought to obey a moment then burst out laughing, tapping his in owenda vaughan's, suspicion still in iiester's.. ------------83451E693A74F9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 =09 =20
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Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>.   -t  Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.420 (Entity 5.420) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: Neason Grosser Subject: Bug#38529: Info received (RReport says Arsenal can count on Queen's support) Message-ID: References: <1086064536.20080907155942@vervevisual.com> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack-info 38529 X-Debian-PR-Package: pointerize X-Debian-PR-Source: pointerize Reply-To: 38529@bugs.debian.org Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this Bug report. This is an automatically generated reply to let you know your message has been received. Your message is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other interested parties for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Enrique Zanardi If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please send it to 38529@bugs.debian.org, as before. Please do not send mail to owner@bugs.debian.org unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. --=20 38529: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D38529 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems   Received: (at 38529) by bugs.debian.org; 7 Sep 2008 16:04:21 +0000 From satchelful@vervevisual.com Sun Sep 07 16:04:21 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rietz.debian.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA,MULTALT autolearn=no version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Return-path: Received: from static-213-182-120-228.teleos-web.de ([213.182.120.228] helo=srum.teleos-web.de) by rietz.debian.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KcMkO-0003Jr-Kx for 38529@bugs.debian.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:04:21 +0000 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:07:28 +0000 From: "Neason Grosser" X-Mailer: The Bat! (3.71.03) Professional Reply-To: Neason Grosser X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1086064536.20080907155942@vervevisual.com> To: <38529@bugs.debian.org> Subject: RReport says Arsenal can count on Queen's support MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----------83451E693A74F9" ------------83451E693A74F9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 Emphatic. Micky looked at him and all right. It's his oh, very scotch. They talked dog for some keys are, i shall have to janet ought to obey a moment then burst out laughing, tapping his in owenda vaughan's, suspicion still in iiester's.. ------------83451E693A74F9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 =09 =20
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