Bug 20950 – rpm stops with 'memory alloc returned NULL'

Bug 20950 - rpm stops with 'memory alloc returned NULL'

Summary:	rpm stops with 'memory alloc returned NULL'

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
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Reported:	2000-11-16 07:46 EST by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:29 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-11-16 07:46:14 EST
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Description Need Real Name 2000-11-16 07:46:12 EST

When trying to install, upgrade or do other rpm-related things, rpm stops
with the message:

memory alloc (2581680408 bytes) returned NULL.

The actual number of bytes is sometimes different:

[root@mordor roel]# helix-update
Distribution: Red Hat Linux 7.0
memory alloc (1420823072 bytes) returned NULL.

I have tried rebuilding the db, but this also fails with the same error.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-12-16 20:22:19 EST

For unknown reasons, rpm is requesting very large malloc's. Rather than
returning a NULL pointer and segfaulting, rpm simply exits with an error
message.

This is usually caused by asking rpm to install a corrupted package, but without
more details about what operation you are trying to perform, I cannot tell more.

Please reopen with more specific details.

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