Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-18 Severity: normal Valgrind says getprotobyname(3) performs an invalid read.
Compile and (valgrind-)execute the following C code: /* main.c * compile with: gcc main.c * valgrind-execute with: valgrind --tool=memcheck --partial-loads-ok=no ./a.out */ #include <netdb.h> int main(int argc, char ** argv) { getprotobyname("tcp"); } You will get the followin output: ==4325== Memcheck, a memory error detector. ==4325== Copyright (C) 2002-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==4325== Using LibVEX rev 1854, a library for dynamic binary translation. ==4325== Copyright (C) 2004-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP. ==4325== Using valgrind-3.3.1-Debian, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework. ==4325== Copyright (C) 2000-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==4325== For more details, rerun with: -v ==4325== ==4325== Invalid read of size 4 ==4325== at 0x4015847: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x4158131: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x400DA15: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41582F4: __libc_dlopen_mode (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41306DF: __nss_lookup_function (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41307CF: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41324D5: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41389F0: getprotobyname_r (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41387E6: getprotobyname (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x80483C0: main (in /tmp/a.out) ==4325== Address 0x4199f74 is 44 bytes inside a block of size 46 alloc'd ==4325== at 0x4023D6E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207) ==4325== by 0x400DB23: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x4008555: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x4011B46: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x400DA15: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x401154D: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x4158131: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x400DA15: (within /lib/ld-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41582F4: __libc_dlopen_mode (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41306DF: __nss_lookup_function (in /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41307CF: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== by 0x41324D5: (within /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so) ==4325== ==4325== ERROR SUMMARY: 1 errors from 1 contexts (suppressed: 30 from 3) ==4325== malloc/free: in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==4325== malloc/free: 43 allocs, 43 frees, 3,591 bytes allocated. ==4325== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==4325== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible. If you valgrind-execute ignoring partial-loads, you wont get the error: valgrind --tool=memcheck --partial-loads-ok=yes ./a.out ==4326== Memcheck, a memory error detector. ==4326== Copyright (C) 2002-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==4326== Using LibVEX rev 1854, a library for dynamic binary translation. ==4326== Copyright (C) 2004-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP. ==4326== Using valgrind-3.3.1-Debian, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework. ==4326== Copyright (C) 2000-2007, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==4326== For more details, rerun with: -v ==4326== ==4326== ==4326== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 29 from 2) ==4326== malloc/free: in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==4326== malloc/free: 43 allocs, 43 frees, 3,591 bytes allocated. ==4326== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==4326== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.1 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii glibc-doc 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Documentation ii libc6-i686 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i ii locales 2.7-18 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information: glibc/upgrade: true glibc/restart-failed: * glibc/restart-services: ssh rsync openbsd-inetd exim4 cron atd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org