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Jonathan Ganz updated BIT-1425: ------------------------------- Attachment: backtrace.log > BroString::Set() Attempts Allocation of Negative-Length Memory > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: BIT-1425 > URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1425 > Project: Bro Issue Tracker > Issue Type: Problem > Components: Bro > Affects Versions: 2.3, 2.4 > Environment: Linux Mint 17.1 (Ubuntu 14.04) on bare metal and in a > VirtualBox VM. > Mac OS X 10.10.3 > Reporter: Jonathan Ganz > Labels: analyzer > Fix For: 2.5 > > Attachments: backtrace.log, > lbl-internal.20041215-1142.port004.dump.anon, memory_trace.log, > negativeMemory.bro > > > When the tcp_packet() event is used, Bro may attempt to allocate memory that > is negative in length (i.e. -6 bytes). Bro crashes with the following output: > tcmalloc: large alloc 0 bytes == (nil) @ 0x7f6abeaefc73 0x7f6abeb111c3 > 0x765e81 0x765b24 0x872562 0xaddc2f 0xaded94 0xb7aeca 0x775180 0x84105b > 0x83f5c0 0x83f39d 0x7fb1bc 0xb3cde6 0x7fb3d9 0x750e98 0x7f6abdaf4ec5 0x72e553 > (nil) > out of memory in new. > 1103139821.634774 fatal error: out of memory in new. > The attached pcap file and bro script cause such a crash when run with the > following command: > /usr/local/bro/bin/bro -r lbl-internal.20041215-1142.port004.dump.anon > /usr/local/bro/share/bro/site/negativeMemory.bro > A core file is not being generated for me, despite following the directions > for reporting problems > (https://www.bro.org/support/reporting-problems.html#getting-more-information-after-acrash). > The file named memory_trace.log shows an alternatively formatted traceback > of the stack when the error occurs. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.5-OD-05-041#65001) _______________________________________________ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev