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Bug 151649 - sys-apps/file-4.17-r1 segfaults scanning ascii text files containing 'EMF' string
Summary: sys-apps/file-4.17-r1 segfaults scanning ascii text files containing 'EMF' st...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-10-16 15:58 UTC by ryan noble
Modified: 2006-12-12 10:05 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
emf-file-segv (emf-file-segv,416 bytes, text/plain)
2006-10-16 17:11 UTC, SpanKY
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Description ryan noble 2006-10-16 15:58:37 UTC
file bails when attempting to scan an ascii file:
"Hello EMF nation:)

It was great to meet EMF members from Ireland and Columbia in Chicago 
- what a blast.

FAVOR : Please sign your e-mails with your name and country (at the 
minimum). This will help us with the research that we are conducting.

Thanks... Also, if you are interested in IXMA and the Brand Week 
opportunity, but haven't e-mailed me yet - please do!


My love to all EMF nationals:)
[Name Removed]"

This has been run (and breaks) on these systems:
Hostname: icarius - OS: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.6.14 - CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2009.949 MHz) - Processes: 82 - Uptime: 15d 22h 16m - Users: 2 - Load Average: 1.12 - Memory Usage: 380.01MB/1010.45MB (37.61%) - Disk Usage: 658.43GB/839.27GB (78.45%)
^^^ GCC-3.3.5-20050130

Hostname: triton - OS: Linux 2.6.14-hardened-r5/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.12.5 - CPU: 4 x Intel Xeon (2992.787 MHz) - Processes: 117 - Uptime: 228d 11h 56m - Users: 1 - Load Average: 0.26 - Memory Usage: 466.55MB/1010.74MB (46.16%) - Disk Usage: 18.21GB/266.56GB (6.83%)
^^^ GCC-4.1.1

Hostname: hades - OS: Linux 2.6.14-hardened-r5/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.12.5 - CPU: 2 x Intel Pentium 4 (2800.578 MHz) - Processes: 63 - Uptime: 256d 13h 9m - Load Average: 0.00 - Memory Usage: 161.79MB/502.61MB (32.19%) - Disk Usage: 71.59GB/148.45GB (48.23%)
^^^ GCC-4.1.1

Hostname: athena - OS: Linux 2.6.16-hardened-r10/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.12.5 - CPU: 2 x Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 (2800.000 MHz) - Processes: 97 - Uptime: 61d 3h 13m - Users: 1 - Load Average: 0.06 - Memory Usage: 206.98MB/503.07MB (41.14%) - Disk Usage: 51.45GB/148.69GB (34.61%)
^^^ GCC-4.1.1

Hostname: discovery - OS: Linux 2.6.17-gentoo/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.12.4 - CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2009.997 MHz) - Processes: 64 - Uptime: 68d 2h 18m - Users: 1 - Load Average: 0.24 - Memory Usage: 210.16MB/504.03MB (41.70%) - Disk Usage: 683.41GB/763.77GB (89.48%)
^^^ GCC-4.1.1

And works on these systems:
> file p001 
p001: Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image data version 0x6d656d20. Description available at offset 0x6e612064 (length 0x6e616c65) Description: d and Columbia 

Hostname: ryan - OS: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r7/x86_64 - Distro: Gentoo 1.12.5 - CPU: 2 x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (2211.380 MHz) - Processes: 103 - Uptime: 8h 9m - Users: 6 - Load Average: 2.32 - Memory Usage: 416.81MB/2012.27MB (20.71%) - Disk Usage: 26.37GB/223.42GB (11.80%)
^^^ GCC-4.1.1

Hostname: igloo - OS: Linux 2.6.14-hardened-r5/i686 - Distro: Gentoo 1.6.14 - CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1830.139 MHz) - Processes: 7 - Uptime: 2d 10h 37m - Users: 4 - Load Average: 1.19 - Memory Usage: 303.99MB/1011.32MB (30.06%) - Disk Usage: 52.70GB/111.70GB (47.18%)
^^^ FILE VERSION 4.13, GCC-3.3.6

Except where noted, all systems have file-4.17-r1 installed.
Comment 1 ryan noble 2006-10-16 15:59:11 UTC
strace:
> strace file p001 >> strace-file.txt 
execve("/usr/bin/file", ["file", "p001"], [/* 11 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x804ae90
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f3c000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28328, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 28328, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f35000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/libmagic.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\230 \0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=45204, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 47620, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f29000
mmap2(0xb7f34000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa) = 0xb7f34000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0(\22\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=58372, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 60752, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f1a000
mmap2(0xb7f28000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd) = 0xb7f28000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\212Y\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1167888, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1140092, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e03000
mmap2(0xb7f13000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x10f) = 0xb7f13000
mmap2(0xb7f17000, 9596, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f17000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e02000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7e028c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7f13000, 8192, PROT_READ)   = 0
mprotect(0xb7f56000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
munmap(0xb7f35000, 28328)               = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x804ae90
brk(0x806be90)                          = 0x806be90
brk(0x806c000)                          = 0x806c000
stat64("/root/.magic", 0xbff578e8)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/misc/file/magic.mgc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=965248, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 965248, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d16000
close(3)                                = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 131072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7cf6000
mmap2(NULL, 266240, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7cb5000
lstat64("p001", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=413, ...}) = 0
open("p001", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)      = 3
read(3, "Hello EMF nation:)\n\nIt was great"..., 262144) = 413
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Process 10870 detached
Comment 2 ryan noble 2006-10-16 15:59:37 UTC
emerge --info:
> emerge --info
Portage 2.1.2_pre3-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.14-hardened-r5 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.14-hardened-r5 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:20:01 +0000
ccache version 2.3 [disabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.3
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirrors.tera-byte.com/pub/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j9"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync4.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 apache2 berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cairo cdr cli courier crypt curl dbus dlloader doc dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd exif fam firefox flash gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer hal imap input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux libg++ logrotate mad maildir mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses netpbm nls nptl nptlonly ogg pam pcre perl png postfix ppds pppd python qt4 quicktime readline reflection sasl session snmp spell spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU userlocales utf8 vhosts video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo vorbis win32codecs winbind xml xorg xv zip zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Comment 3 Robert Baxter 2006-10-16 16:15:11 UTC
works for me
[05:11:49]<root@echo:/home/burn> file p001
p001: ASCII English text, with CRLF line terminators

Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.16-hardened-r11 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.16-hardened-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:50:01 +0000
ccache version 2.3 [disabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.3
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind /var/qmail/alias /var/qmail/control /var/vpopmail/domains /var/vpopmail/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig candy distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/gentoo"
LINGUAS=""
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://127.0.0.1/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 acpi apache2 bcmath bzip2 cli crypt dlloader dri elibc_glibc exif fam flash gdbm gettext gpm imap input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux libg++ libwww lm_sensors logrotate maildir mysql ncurses noauthcram notlsbeforeauth nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qmail readline reflection sasl session snmp spl sse ssl tcpd truetype-fonts truetypegdbm type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU userlocales utf8 vhosts video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo xml xorg zip zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[05:13:36]<root@echo:/home/burn> cat p001
Hello EMF nation:)

It was great to meet EMF members from Ireland and Columbia in Chicago
- what a blast.

FAVOR : Please sign your e-mails with your name and country (at the
minimum). This will help us with the research that we are conducting.

Thanks... Also, if you are interested in IXMA and the Brand Week
opportunity, but haven't e-mailed me yet - please do!


My love to all EMF nationals:)
Comment 4 Robert Baxter 2006-10-16 16:19:11 UTC
file-4.17
magic file from /usr/share/misc/file/magic
Comment 5 Robert Baxter 2006-10-16 16:32:10 UTC
another system that breaks

Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:20:01 +0000
ccache version 2.3 [disabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.3
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://mirrors.tds.net/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
LINGUAS=""
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync4.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 apache2 bcmath berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 calendar cli crypt curl dedicated dlloader dri elibc_glibc fam fbcon flash gd gdbm gif gpm imap input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kernel_linux libg++ lm_sensors mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python readline reflection session snmp spl sse ssl svga tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU userlocales utf8 video_cards_apm video_cards_ark video_cards_ati video_cards_chips video_cards_cirrus video_cards_cyrix video_cards_dummy video_cards_fbdev video_cards_glint video_cards_i128 video_cards_i740 video_cards_i810 video_cards_imstt video_cards_mga video_cards_neomagic video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_rendition video_cards_s3 video_cards_s3virge video_cards_savage video_cards_siliconmotion video_cards_sis video_cards_sisusb video_cards_tdfx video_cards_tga video_cards_trident video_cards_tseng video_cards_v4l video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga video_cards_via video_cards_vmware video_cards_voodoo xml xml2 xorg zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[05:31:27]<root@rage:~> file emf
Segmentation fault

file-4.17
Comment 6 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2006-10-16 17:11:40 UTC
Created attachment 99846 [details]
emf-file-segv
Comment 7 Robert Baxter 2006-12-11 11:25:08 UTC
I am an open bug, do something with me please.
Comment 8 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2006-12-12 10:05:43 UTC
fixed in file-4.19