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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Daniel Flickinger <attila@hun.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: xshisen crashes on load with free() error junk pointer
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 03:09:22AM +0000, Daniel Flickinger wrote:
> OS: 5.0 CURRENT date 24 Oct 2002 1200 GMT
> port cvsup date 23 Oct 2002 1800 GMT
>=20
> build is OK although it requires X to be running as root
> to install.
>=20
> crash and burn message:
>=20
>   xshisen in free(): error: junk pointer, too high to make sense
>=20
> I had been running a 1996 linux copy from the JA host as this
> bad free() pointer has been around for some time.

This is a bug in the software: you should discuss it with the authors.

Kris

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