Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6933: Inetd corrupting pointer. Message-ID: <199806130020.RAA23740@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6933; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: bicknell@ufp.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6933: Inetd corrupting pointer. Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:12:58 -0700 > Users connecting to inetd services (eg telnet, pop3) get the message > "inetd in free(), warning junk pointer, too low to make sense." This was > traced to about line 1043 of /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c, in the ifree > function. It appears inetd is corrupting a pointer, then passing it to free > triggering an error. > > Once this state has been entered all additional inetd services exhibit > the same behavior. Inetd must be restarted. This is a known problem, but to date no one has found just where the memory is being corrupted. :-( - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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