1006: 0000000000358e28 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS _end@@GLIBC_PRIVATE 1006: 0000000000358e08 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 33 _end@@GLIBC_PRIVATE
What about their content? Perhaps they're some kind of fixed-size metadata.
The value itself does not matter here, but ABS->33 change. Try to build and run via ktrace under stable and under sid int main() { sbrk(16*1024); }; You will see the key difference. Petr