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"segmentation fault" for long patterns ...

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From: Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>
To: Romeo Capulet <p-pioneer-q <at> gmx.fr>
Cc: 19567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19567: "segmentation fault" for long patterns ...
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:53:59 +0900

On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:28:37 +0100
Romeo Capulet <p-pioneer-q <at> gmx.fr> wrote:

> hi
> 
> I got a segmentation fault when I try to match a very long pattern on a file:
> $ grep -Po 'jQuery\.extend\(Drupal\.settings,[ \t]*\{((?!\}\}\)).)+\}\}\);' /tmp/pattern-exemple.txt
> Erreur de segmentation
> 
> 
> the grep version : grep (GNU grep) 2.16
> 
> 
> the gdb backtrace:
> #0  0xb7f7d01a in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #1  0xb7f8b090 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #2  0xb7f8b3e3 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #3  0xb7f8b090 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #4  0xb7f8b3e3 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> (...)
> #13099 0xb7f8b090 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #13100 0xb7f88ab3 in ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #13101 0xb7f8e9f3 in pcre_exec () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3
> #13102 0x0804c8a2 in ?? ()
> #13103 0x0804e191 in ?? ()
> #13104 0x0804f3de in ?? ()
> #13105 0x0804a630 in ?? ()
> #13106 0xb7dc7905 in __libc_start_main (main=0x804a150, argc=4,
> ubp_av=0xbffff8a4, init=0x806bfd0, fini=0x806c040,
> rtld_fini=0xb7fed5f0 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffff89c) at libc-start.c:260
> #13107 0x0804b16d in ?? ()
> 

Perhaps, this bug may be duplication of bug#19420.  If we search a
pattern with "?!" for a long line, we can cause stack overflow.

Can you avoid the bug by increasing of stack size?

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