whois -r <ip address> gives glibc realloc() error
Issue
whois -r <ip address> gives glibc realloc() error
$ whois -r 192.168.1.1
[Querying whois.example.net]
*** glibc detected *** whois: realloc(): invalid next size: 0x000000001bb6ff00 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x37b0a747a4]
/lib64/libc.so.6(realloc+0x102)[0x37b0a75292]
whois[0x403a86]
whois[0x40a29d]
whois[0x40a892]
whois[0x40abe9]
whois[0x40ada4]
whois[0x40affc]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x37b0a1d994]
whois[0x401ab9]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0040f000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436955 /usr/bin/jwhois
0060f000-00610000 rw-p 0000f000 08:02 436955 /usr/bin/jwhois
1bb51000-1bb72000 rw-p 1bb51000 00:00 0 [heap]
37b0400000-37b041c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2334157 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
37b061b000-37b061c000 r--p 0001b000 08:02 2334157 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
37b061c000-37b061d000 rw-p 0001c000 08:02 2334157 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
37b0a00000-37b0b4e000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2334159 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
37b0b4e000-37b0d4d000 ---p 0014e000 08:02 2334159 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
37b0d4d000-37b0d51000 r--p 0014d000 08:02 2334159 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
37b0d51000-37b0d52000 rw-p 00151000 08:02 2334159 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
37b0d52000-37b0d57000 rw-p 37b0d52000 00:00 0
37b9800000-37b980d000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2334177 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
37b980d000-37b9a0d000 ---p 0000d000 08:02 2334177 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
37b9a0d000-37b9a0e000 rw-p 0000d000 08:02 2334177 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
37be000000-37be031000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 438601 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19
37be031000-37be230000 ---p 00031000 08:02 438601 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19
37be230000-37be231000 rw-p 00030000 08:02 438601 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19
2aeae3c08000-2aeae3c09000 rw-p 2aeae3c08000 00:00 0
2aeae3c2d000-2aeae3c2f000 rw-p 2aeae3c2d000 00:00 0
2aeae3c2f000-2aeae7206000 r--p 00000000 08:02 439758 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
2aeae7206000-2aeae7208000 rw-p 2aeae7206000 00:00 0
2aeae722c000-2aeae7236000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2334007 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aeae7236000-2aeae7435000 ---p 0000a000 08:02 2334007 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aeae7435000-2aeae7436000 r--p 00009000 08:02 2334007 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aeae7436000-2aeae7437000 rw-p 0000a000 08:02 2334007 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aeae7437000-2aeae746c000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1436863 /var/db/nscd/hosts
2aeae746c000-2aeae746d000 rw-p 2aeae746c000 00:00 0
2aeae8000000-2aeae8021000 rw-p 2aeae8000000 00:00 0
2aeae8021000-2aeaec000000 ---p 2aeae8021000 00:00 0
7fffc7552000-7fffc7567000 rw-p 7ffffffe9000 00:00 0 [stack]
ffffffffff600000-ffffffffffe00000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
jwhois 3.2.3
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.