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   
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Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Reported: 2000-11-16 12:46 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-11-16 12:46:14 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2000-11-16 12:46:12 UTC 
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 2000-12-17 01:22:19 UTC 
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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