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Date:      Fri, 25 Oct 2002 20:44:15 -0700
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
Message-ID:  <20021026034415.GA92923@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021025030922.Fcv93171@hun.org>

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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
> 
> build is OK although it requires X to be running as root
> to install.
> 
> crash and burn message:
> 
>   xshisen in free(): error: junk pointer, too high to make sense
> 
> 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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