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[UDUNITS #JFZ-220995]: memory leaks in udunits2

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  • Subject: [UDUNITS #JFZ-220995]: memory leaks in udunits2
  • Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:25:07 -0600
Sue,

> I sent these before in the Fall
> and just downloaded a new udunits2 package and
> I dont think anything has been fixed.
> 
> Output from valgrind:
> ==5507== Source and destination overlap in strncpy(0xBEC91BB6, 0xBEC91BB6, 
> 256)
> ==5507==    at 0x401EE64: strncpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:116)
> ==5507==    by 0x4088F9E: readXml (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408936E: ut_read_xml (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ...
> 
> ==5507==
> ==5507== Source and destination overlap in strncpy(0xBEC8F596, 0xBEC8F596, 
> 256)
> ==5507==    at 0x401EE64: strncpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:116)
> ==5507==    by 0x4088F9E: readXml (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408B543: endElement (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x4090EF2: doContent (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x40917B9: contentProcessor (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x4091BD9: prologProcessor (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x4092FC4: prologInitProcessor (in 
> /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408BB6D: XML_ParseBuffer (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408D781: XML_Parse (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408920A: readXml (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ==5507==    by 0x408936E: ut_read_xml (in /opt/lib/libudunits2.so.0.0.0)
> ...

Actually, these have been fixed.  I just haven't gotten around to
making a new release because I need to add two more functions to
the API and I'm currently working on another project.

> Thanks,
> Sue

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JFZ-220995
Department: Support UDUNITS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed