Bug#466491: libc6: gettimeofday() in /libe/libc.so.6 causes SIGSEGV

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 03:44:00PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> tag 466491 + moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 04:56:58AM +0000, Robert Clayton Barnes wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.7-6
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > 
> > Applications (such as mplayer and vlc) that call gettimeofday() from
> > /lib/libc.so.6 get a SIGSEGV.  See gdb output below:
> 
>   the gdb output isnt enough. gettimeofday takes pointers, if the
> pointers are FUBAR, it's normal it segfaults.
> 
>   Please provide a full backtrace.
> 

Any news on that?

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