Package: wordnet Version: 1:3.0-13 Severity: normal There is a memory error in Wordnet 3.0 library when you perform the following 2 function calls with the arguments as shown:
SynsetPtr syn = findtheinfo_ds("agriculture", NOUN, COORDS, ALLSENSES);
free_syns(syn);
this will cause a crash (segmentation fault or coredump) at the end.
I have created a patch for it that cleans up all dangling pointers, and uses the
correct free_syns() calll instead of the free_synset() call at one location in
the findtheinfo_ds() function.
I am attaching the patch with this bug. (NOTE: I am using reportbug for the
first time, so if the patch does not get attached, I apologize. I will try
attaching it in response to this bug then.)
Thanks.
Vikas
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Versions of packages wordnet depends on:
ii libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.99.2-1ubuntu2 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.99.1-0ubuntu3 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxss1 1:1.1.3-1 X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii tcl8.5 8.5.6-3 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii tk8.5 8.5.6-3 Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 -
ii wordnet-base 1:3.0-13 electronic lexical database of Eng
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wordnet3.0_lib_search_c_memory_patch
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