Up2date fails with "*** glibc detected *** realloc(): invalid pointer" error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to do the patching gives an segmentation fault.

  • Up2date fails with following error

    *** glibc detected *** realloc(): invalid pointer: 0x0a3726d8 ***

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4

  • up2date-4.8.1-33.el4_8.1

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