Bug#679172: libc-2.11.3.so: ls[8213]: segfault in libc-2.11.3.so

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:31:46PM +0200, axst@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Package: libc6-i686
> Version: 2.11.3-3
> Severity: normal
> File: libc-2.11.3.so
> 
> 
> Just found this in /var/log/kern.log and /var/log/messages:
> 
> ls[8213]: segfault at 1ebbc787 ip b769aa53 sp bffcbc14 error 4 in libc-2.11.3.so[b7626000+140000]
> 
> ls seemed to work normally, though.
> 

Most of this kind of reports are actually not libc fault, but program
passing wrong arguments to some libc functions (like NULL to strlen()).

Please provide a way to reproduce the issue.

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