GNU bug report logs - #25494
sed 4.3-1 segmentation fault (core dumped) : Error in `sed': realloc(): invalid next size: 0x000000000209aed0 ***

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Noé Girand <noe.girand <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noé Girand <noe.girand <at> gmail.com>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25494: sed 4.3-1 segmentation fault (core dumped) : Error in
 `sed': realloc(): invalid next size: 0x000000000209aed0 ***
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:46:05 +0100

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Hi Assaf,

I built from git, and can confirm that the issue is fixed !

The bug can be closed, but I don't know how to do it.

Thank you very much for your reactivity.

Best regards,
Noe

2017-01-20 21:23 GMT+01:00 Noé Girand <noe.girand <at> gmail.com>:

> Hi Assaf, thanks for your quick reponse, I will check this tomorrow.
>
> Best regards,
> Noe
>
> 2017-01-20 21:13 GMT+01:00 Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> on 01/20/2017 02:29 PM, Noé Girand wrote:
>> > Attached is my sed-dump.xml example input file, and `locale` outputs.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> I was able to reproduce it with sed-4.3,
>> and also able to confirm sed no longer segfaults in the latest git
>> version.
>> A related regex/newline bug was recently fixed in gnulib:
>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=823b5
>> cb589366f7c8742503af980803afad0978f
>>
>> And I suspect it was the same cause as this bug.
>>
>>
>> > Let me know if I can provide any additional help.
>>
>> Can you help us confirm that this bug is solved in the
>> latest 'sed' ?
>>
>> If you are able to build from git, please use this:
>>   http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/sed.git
>>
>> Otherwise, I've prepared a temporary archive,
>> available here:
>>
>>  http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/sed/sed-4.
>> 3.16-572d.tar.xz
>>
>>  $ sha256sum sed-4.3.16-572d.tar.xz
>> 5dc97640e955fb84e84dc48667de703fac1dd12f3529859ed7ba252d4112d4ef
>> sed-4.3.16-572d.tar.xz
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>>  - assaf
>>
>
>

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