*** glibc detected *** error in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Getting a double free or corruption error when running a third-party application under Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Error is similar to the ones shown below:
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption: 0x0937d008 *** *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000000000b899110 *** *** glibc detected *** */path/to/program*: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x0000000007816e70 ***
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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