Bug#562832: /usr/bin/info: crashes when invoked with -k (apropos mode)
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:37:05PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote [edited]:
> Yes, please run gdb on the binary, or create a core dump (ulimit -c 10000)
> followed by a run which crashed, and then run
> gdb /usr/bin/info core
> and send us the output.
$ pwd
/tmp/texinfo-4.13a.dfsg.1/debian/tmp/usr/bin
$ file info
info: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, not stripped
$ ulimit -c
unlimited
LC_MESSAGES=C gdb ./info core
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Reading symbols from /tmp/texinfo-4.13a.dfsg.1/debian/tmp/usr/bin/info...done.
warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libncurses.so.5
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.2.so...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.10.2.so...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.10.2.so...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-7.so...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-7.so...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-7.so
Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done.
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
Core was generated by `./info -k python'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0 0xb7ffb424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7ffb424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7e908e0 in *__GI_raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
#2 0xb7e93e15 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:88
#3 0xb7ec76c5 in __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0xb7f8e0e8 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n")
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:173
#4 0xb7ed1824 in malloc_printerr (action=2, str=0xb7f8e22c "double free or corruption (fasttop)",
ptr=0x96c7c88) at malloc.c:6239
#5 0xb7ed30b3 in _int_free (av=0xb7faa3c0, p=0x96c7c80) at malloc.c:4772
#6 0xb7ed60ad in *__GI___libc_free (mem=0x96c7c88) at malloc.c:3738
#7 0x08050a29 in info_free_references (references=0x956b580) at info-utils.c:419
#8 0x0804fd39 in apropos_in_all_indices (search_string=0x95610b0 "python", inform=0) at indices.c:571
#9 0x0804fe68 in info_apropos (string=0x95610b0 "python") at indices.c:611
#10 0x0805172a in main (argc=3, argv=0xbf9c3514) at info.c:355
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