[Crash-utility] Fix use after free in sial variable lists
Lachlan McIlroy
lmcilroy at redhat.com
Wed Nov 30 00:17:27 UTC 2011
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> > Lachlan - thanks for chasing this down.
> > Your fix will work and is safe. The real problem is that we call
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> > help and usage functions for the associated command even if we are
> > doing an unload. We should really only call these during a load.
That makes even better sense. I figured someone who knew the code
would point out the proper way to fix it! Thanks Luc.
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> > Can you try the patch below against your test case?
Using just your patch it passes my test case - I can load/unload 100+
times without a problem.
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> Lachlan is in Melbourne and most likely will not be responding until
> tomorrow.
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> But anyway, I'll also queue this patch for crash-6.0.1 -- which I'd
> hoped to get out today, but I'll defer it until tomorrow.
Thanks Dave, I was waiting for 6.0.1 for another fix so it's good for
us to get both in that release.
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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