Bug 629196 - gawk regression from RHEL3/4
Summary: gawk regression from RHEL3/4
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gawk
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Vojtech Vitek
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 648906
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-01 08:53 UTC by Tru Huynh
Modified: 2015-03-04 23:56 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 648906 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-11-28 14:44:37 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch sent to upstream (710 bytes, patch)
2010-11-02 10:48 UTC, Vojtech Vitek
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
CentOS 4494 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1486 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE gawk bug fix update 2011-11-28 19:39:46 UTC

Description Tru Huynh 2010-09-01 08:53:23 UTC
Description of problem:
awk crash with traceback

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gawk-3.1.5-14.el5.i386 or x86_64


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. bash
2.echo "

jpg: 364592 x
gif: 97148 x" | awk '{ if ('\!'length($3)) $3="-"; print sprintf("%-10s%8s%10s%s", $1, $2, "", $3); }'

  
Actual results:

                            -
*** glibc detected *** awk: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x088988f8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x31e5a5]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x59)[0x31e9e9]
awk(free_wstr+0x1f)[0x806ff2f]
awk(unref+0x53)[0x806ffc3]
awk(reset_record+0x68)[0x80665b8]
awk(set_record+0x10)[0x8067dd0]
awk[0x8069bb8]
awk(do_input+0x27)[0x806d187]
awk(main+0x1063)[0x806f813]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0x2cae9c]
awk[0x804c9c1]
======= Memory map: ========
00296000-002b1000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 588324     /lib/ld-2.5.so
002b1000-002b2000 r-xp 0001a000 08:06 588324     /lib/ld-2.5.so
002b2000-002b3000 rwxp 0001b000 08:06 588324     /lib/ld-2.5.so
002b5000-00407000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 588325     /lib/libc-2.5.so
00407000-00409000 r-xp 00152000 08:06 588325     /lib/libc-2.5.so
00409000-0040a000 rwxp 00154000 08:06 588325     /lib/libc-2.5.so
0040a000-0040d000 rwxp 0040a000 00:00 0 
0040f000-00436000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 588335     /lib/libm-2.5.so
00436000-00437000 r-xp 00026000 08:06 588335     /lib/libm-2.5.so
00437000-00438000 rwxp 00027000 08:06 588335     /lib/libm-2.5.so
0043a000-0043d000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 588333     /lib/libdl-2.5.so
0043d000-0043e000 r-xp 00002000 08:06 588333     /lib/libdl-2.5.so
0043e000-0043f000 rwxp 00003000 08:06 588333     /lib/libdl-2.5.so
00b33000-00b3e000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 588348     /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
00b3e000-00b3f000 rwxp 0000a000 08:06 588348     /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
00b4b000-00b4c000 r-xp 00b4b000 00:00 0          [vdso]
08047000-08095000 r-xp 00000000 08:06 1237943    /bin/gawk
08095000-08096000 rw-p 0004d000 08:06 1237943    /bin/gawk
08096000-0809b000 rw-p 08096000 00:00 0 
08898000-088b9000 rw-p 08898000 00:00 0          [heap]
b7d53000-b7f53000 r--p 00000000 08:06 2143280    /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
b7f53000-b7f55000 rw-p b7f53000 00:00 0 
b7f60000-b7f61000 rw-p b7f60000 00:00 0 
b7f61000-b7f68000 r--s 00000000 08:06 2316736    /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
bfa2d000-bfa42000 rw-p bffea000 00:00 0          [stack]
Aborted

Expected results:
                            -
                            -
jpg:        364592          x
gif:         97148          x


Additional info:

Comment 1 Vojtech Vitek 2010-11-02 10:46:57 UTC
This bug has been fixed in Fedora rawhide.

Patch was sent to upstream:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2010-11/msg00005.html

Comment 2 Vojtech Vitek 2010-11-02 10:48:57 UTC
Created attachment 457148 [details]
Patch sent to upstream

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2010-11/msg00005.html

Comment 3 Tru Huynh 2010-11-02 12:53:51 UTC
thanks! :P

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-11-28 14:44:37 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1486.html


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