Bug 117332 – calling free on random pointer value

Bug 117332 - calling free on random pointer value

Summary:	calling free on random pointer value

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	prelink (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jakub Jelinek
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Reported:	2004-03-02 16:33 EST by d.binderman
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
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Fixed In Version:	0.3.1-1
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Last Closed:	2004-03-04 12:37:48 EST
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Description d.binderman 2004-03-02 16:33:12 EST

Description of problem:

I just tried to compile Core2 Test1 package prelink-0.3.0-20

The compiler said

prelink.c(348): remark #592: variable "data" is used before its value
is set

The source code is

         free (data.d_buf);

Calling free on uninit local variable data is deeply unwise.  Suggest init
data.d_buf before first use.



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Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2004-03-02 17:20:30 EST

Thanks, fixed in my tree.  Bigger bug is that GCC doesn't warn about
this (only when the variable is not aggregate).  ++todo.

Comment 2 Jay Turner 2004-09-02 01:19:47 EDT

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-386.html

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