Bug#350579: libc6: MALLOC_PERTURB_ -support is not enabled (= environment variable)

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

severity 350579 wishlist
thanks

Hi,

Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com> wrote:

> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.5-6
> Severity: normal
>
>
> The MALLOC_PERTURB_ environment variable is normally checked by the
> libc-variable. When it is set, malloced memory is pre-initialized with
> the contents of MALLOC_PERTURB_ (so it must be a byte-value). This is
> very usefull for testing software to see if that software properly
> initializes memory before using it.

Why do you say "normally"? It seems there is nothing like that in the
glibc, at least a 'grep -r MALLOC_PERTURB' in the glibc sources does not
return anything.

Bye,
Aurelien

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