From 9a5288841e99925426b7967ffade7c5ca5a874f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:49:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [BZ #2998] 2006-08-03 Eric Blake [BZ #2998] * misc/error.c (error_tail) [_LIBC]: Avoid invalid free. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ misc/error.c | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a356c15..68faa19 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-08-03 Eric Blake + + [BZ #2998] + * misc/error.c (error_tail) [_LIBC]: Avoid invalid free. + 2006-08-09 Ulrich Drepper * malloc/memusagestat.c: Silence warnings. diff --git a/misc/error.c b/misc/error.c index 66a8ccb..459110c 100644 --- a/misc/error.c +++ b/misc/error.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Error handler for noninteractive utilities - Copyright (C) 1990-1998, 2000-2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1990-1998, 2000-2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or @@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ error_tail (int status, int errnum, const char *message, va_list args) { /* The string cannot be converted. */ if (use_malloc) - free (wmessage); + { + free (wmessage); + use_malloc = false; + } wmessage = (wchar_t *) L"???"; } -- 2.7.4