Bug#365233: libc6: memory leak in getprotobyname

[Slaven Rezic <srezic@cellular.de>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.6-7
Severity: normal

A memory leak can be observed by using getprotobyname. A test program:

#include <netdb.h>
main() {
    struct protoent *pent;
    while(1) {
	pent = getprotobyname("tcp");
    }
}

Compile and run the program and watch the memory consumption with top.

I observed the memory leak by using ldirectord.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.6-xen0
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  tzdata                        2006c-2    Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time

libc6 recommends no packages.

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