CentOS - Mar 2008 - glibc error ???

On a centos 4.6 box

rpm -qa | grep glib

glib-1.2.10-15
glibc-2.3.4-2.39
glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.39
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.39
dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.100.EL
glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.39
glib2-2.4.7-1

I am getting this type of error at times on a mail server

*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xbffa11b8 ***

While I am researching this more, I am wondering if the rpm-qa | grep glib
info above showing different version for kernheaders makes a difference in
any way.

There are lots of search hits out there for this yet I am wondering if I
should be focusing on a certain glib area or in the application providing
the error in the error logs

 - rh

Robert - elists wrote:
> On a centos 4.6 box
>
> rpm -qa | grep glib
>
> glib-1.2.10-15
> glibc-2.3.4-2.39
> glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.39
> glibc-common-2.3.4-2.39
> dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
> glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.100.EL
> glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.39
> glib2-2.4.7-1
>
> I am getting this type of error at times on a mail server
>
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xbffa11b8 ***
>
> While I am researching this more, I am wondering if the rpm-qa | grep glib
> info above showing different version for kernheaders makes a difference in
> any way.
>
> There are lots of search hits out there for this yet I am wondering if I
> should be focusing on a certain glib area or in the application providing
> the error in the error logs
>   

I'd be looking at the application that triggered that error.  
Apparently, it tried to 'free()' a memory block that wasn't
malloc()'d
in the first place.

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 11:11 -0700, Robert - elists
wrote:
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xbffa11b8 ***
> ... I am wondering if I
> should be focusing on a certain glib area or in the application providing
> the error in the error logs
Application. This error happens when an app does a double free.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>

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