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Bug 344970 - nm-ppp-starter: double free or corruption on exit
nm-ppp-starter: double free or corruption on exit
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: VPN: pptp
git master
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-15 10:00 UTC by Antony Mee
Modified: 2006-06-15 10:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Improve handling of auth_items to prevent possible double free] (1.42 KB, patch)
2006-06-15 10:03 UTC, Antony Mee 		none Details | Review

Description Antony Mee 2006-06-15 10:00:00 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Once told to terminate by NetworkManager the nm-ppp-starter binary does not exit cleanly, but rather reports:

*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08059a00 ***
Aborted




Steps to reproduce:
Connect to a pppd tunnel via NM plugin
Then disconnect.

Actual results:
An error is seen in the logs.

Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
Comment 1 Antony Mee 2006-06-15 10:01:54 UTC 
Originally reported by: Michi <michael.monreal@gmail.com>
Comment 2 Antony Mee 2006-06-15 10:03:02 UTC 
Created attachment 67395 [details] [review]
Improve handling of auth_items to prevent possible double free]
Comment 3 Antony Mee 2006-06-15 10:04:35 UTC 
Patch included in CVS (nm-ppp-starter 1.15)