Wesley Kerfoot added the comment: Description: python 2.7.8 fails with a 'stack smashing detected' error and aborts when trying to access a C union using ctypes/libffi
Steps to reproduce: see the attached shell script which reproduces the issue on Ubuntu 13.10 and Arch Linux Also fails with clang instead of gcc. OS: Linux frege 3.15.8-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 1 08:51:42 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux python2 version: 2.7.8 libffi version (OS wide version): 3.1-2 gcc version: 4.9.1 clang version: 3.4.2 Here is the PKGBUILD file Arch uses https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/python2/trunk/PKGBUILD?id=c319b32ada1506cf2bd48acc50649ae77a696c53 I have also reported this bug on their tracker since I am not sure if this is a bug in ctypes or libffi or both: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41502 ---------- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36320/crash.sh _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22171> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
