RHEL 5.5 httpd crashing with malloc errors - glibc detected *** memory corruption

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Issue

  • RHEL 5.5 httpd crashing with malloc errors - glibc detected *** memory corruption
> \*** glibc detected \*** /usr/sbin/httpd: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00002b5c0edb7910 \***  
> ======= Backtrace: =========  
> /lib64/libc.so.6[0x2b5c01403fae]  
> /lib64/libc.so.6(_\_libc\_malloc+0x6e)[0x2b5c01405cde]  
> /usr/lib64/libz.so.1(inflateInit2_+0x6f)[0x2b5c02df3b0f]  
> /usr/lib64/libz.so.1(uncompress+0x83)[0x2b5c02def493]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_delta-1.so.0[0x2b5c0b2f8f78]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_delta-1.so.0[0x2b5c0b2f93e2]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn\_delta-1.so.0(svn\_txdelta\_read\_svndiff_window+0xf0)[0x2b5c0b2f95e0]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn\_fs\_fs-1.so.0[0x2b5c0b73d6ad]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn\_fs\_fs-1.so.0[0x2b5c0b73d9a8]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_delta-1.so.0[0x2b5c0b2fa792]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn\_delta-1.so.0(svn\_txdelta\_send\_txstream+0x46)[0x2b5c0b2fa1b6]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1708]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee15f5]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn_repos-1.so.0[0x2b5c0aee1c5e]  
> /usr/lib64/libsvn\_repos-1.so.0(svn\_repos\_finish\_report+0x451)[0x2b5c0aee20e1]  
> /etc/httpd/modules/mod\_dav\_svn.so(dav\_svn\_\_update\_report+0xd08)[0x2b5c0acb6998]  
> /etc/httpd/modules/mod\_dav\_svn.so[0x2b5c0acb951e]  
> /etc/httpd/modules/mod_dav.so[0x2b5c06a8eed1]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(ap\_run\_handler+0x7a)[0x2b5bff496a4a]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(ap\_invoke\_handler+0x72)[0x2b5bff499ec2]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(ap\_process\_request+0x1a8)[0x2b5bff4a4958]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd[0x2b5bff4a1b90]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(ap\_run\_process_connection+0x72)[0x2b5bff49dcb2]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd[0x2b5bff4a87a9]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd[0x2b5bff4a8a3a]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd[0x2b5bff4a8af0]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(ap\_mpm\_run+0xccb)[0x2b5bff4a97db]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd(main+0x7e8)[0x2b5bff483e48]  
> /lib64/libc.so.6(_\_libc\_start_main+0xf4)[0x2b5c013ae994]  
> /usr/sbin/httpd[0x2b5bff483199]

Environment

  • Red hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
  • Apache SVN module

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