lsusb command crashes with segfault.

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Issue

  • lsusb command crashes with segfault.

    # gdb  -c core.lsusb
    Core was generated by `lsusb -t'.
    Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
    #0  sort_busses () at lsusb-t.c:612
    612           while (p->next) {
    Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.17-78.el7.x86_64
    
    (gdb) bt
    #0  sort_busses () at lsusb-t.c:612
    #1  lsusb_t () at lsusb-t.c:667
    #2  0x0000000000401ba0 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffdfd27a38) at lsusb.c:4045
    
    (gdb) frame 0
    #0  sort_busses () at lsusb-t.c:612
    612           while (p->next) {
    
    (gdb) list
    607       int swapped;
    608       do {
    609           p = usbbuslist;
    610           pp = &usbbuslist;
    611           swapped = 0;
    612           while (p->next) {
    613               if (p->busnum < p->next->busnum) {
    614                   t = p->next;
    615                   p->next = t->next;
    616                   t->next = p;
    
    (gdb) p p
    $1 = (struct usbbusnode *) 0x0
    
    (gdb) p p->next
    Cannot access memory at address 0x0
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • usbutils-007-4.el7.x86_64

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