Public bug reported: There appears to be a memory leak in inflateReset2 of the library libz.so.1.2.3.4. The memory leak consecutively causes errors in the application using zlib (OpenFOAM CFD software in my case).
This memory leak has been also identified and tracked down here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12483612/libzip-example-contains-uninitialised-values-when-checked-with-valgrind System is: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS zlib is: libz.so.1.2.3.4 zlib package version is: 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu4 The output of valgrind with memcheck and track-origins in my case is: ==5601== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==5601== at 0xC8704E0: inflateReset2 (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4) ==5601== by 0xC8705D8: inflateInit2_ (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4) ==5601== by 0xC86A323: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4) ==5601== by 0x98AAFE9: gzstreambuf::open(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:61) ==5601== by 0x98AB748: gzstreambase::open(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:150) ==5601== by 0x98AB435: gzstreambase::gzstreambase(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:142) ==5601== by 0x98AC305: igzstream::igzstream(char const*, int) (gzstream.h:161) ==5601== by 0x98ABBCA: Foam::IFstreamAllocator::IFstreamAllocator(Foam::fileName const&) (IFstream.C:65) ==5601== by 0x98ABDAC: Foam::IFstream::IFstream(Foam::fileName const&, Foam::IOstream::streamFormat, Foam::IOstream::versionNumber) (IFstream.C:110) ==5601== by 0x98C4FE4: Foam::IOobject::objectStream() (IOobject.C:324) ==5601== by 0x98C5088: Foam::IOobject::headerOk() (IOobject.C:347) ==5601== by 0x98C345B: Foam::IOdictionary::IOdictionary(Foam::IOobject const&) (IOdictionary.C:50) ==5601== Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation ==5601== at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so) ==5601== by 0xC8705B6: inflateInit2_ (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4) ==5601== by 0xC86A323: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4) ==5601== by 0x98AAFE9: gzstreambuf::open(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:61) ==5601== by 0x98AB748: gzstreambase::open(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:150) ==5601== by 0x98AB435: gzstreambase::gzstreambase(char const*, int) (gzstream.C:142) ==5601== by 0x98AC305: igzstream::igzstream(char const*, int) (gzstream.h:161) ==5601== by 0x98ABBCA: Foam::IFstreamAllocator::IFstreamAllocator(Foam::fileName const&) (IFstream.C:65) ==5601== by 0x98ABDAC: Foam::IFstream::IFstream(Foam::fileName const&, Foam::IOstream::streamFormat, Foam::IOstream::versionNumber) (IFstream.C:110) ==5601== by 0x98C4FE4: Foam::IOobject::objectStream() (IOobject.C:324) ==5601== by 0x98C5088: Foam::IOobject::headerOk() (IOobject.C:347) ==5601== by 0x98C345B: Foam::IOdictionary::IOdictionary(Foam::IOobject const&) (IOdictionary.C:50) ==5601== Thanks for having a look! ** Affects: zlib (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071315 Title: Memory leak in inflateReset2 causes follow-up problems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zlib/+bug/1071315/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
