Error message: "/bin/ps double free or corruption detected in ps" in RHEL 4

Issue

• ps getting glibc double free or corruption error

• Process listing using the following command:

ps -eo pid,args > log.txt

ends with the following error:

/bin/ps: double free or corruption (out): 0x0000000017a0b9e0 ***

======= Backtrace: =========

/lib64/libc.so.6[0x3ff326f4f4]
/lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x8c)[0x3ff3272b1c]
/bin/ps[0x402393]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x3ff321d8a4]
/bin/ps[0x4019f9]

======= Memory map: ========

00400000-00413000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 9091733                            /bin/ps
00613000-00614000 rw-p 00013000 08:07 9091733                            /bin/ps
00614000-00634000 rw-p 00614000 00:00 0
17a08000-17a29000 rw-p 17a08000 00:00 0
3ff2a00000-3ff2a1a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518210                        /lib64/ld-2.5.so
3ff2c19000-3ff2c1a000 r--p 00019000 08:07 2518210                        /lib64/ld-2.5.so
3ff2c1a000-3ff2c1b000 rw-p 0001a000 08:07 2518210                        /lib64/ld-2.5.so5   obpSBSOMC-M5-eth2
3ff2e00000-3ff2e0d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518536                        /lib64/libproc-3.2.7.so
3ff2e0d000-3ff300d000 ---p 0000d000 08:07 2518536                        /lib64/libproc-3.2.7.so
3ff300d000-3ff300e000 rw-p 0000d000 08:07 2518536                        /lib64/libproc-3.2.7.so
3ff300e000-3ff3022000 rw-p 3ff300e000 00:00 0
3ff3200000-3ff3346000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518219                        /lib64/libc-2.5.so
3ff3346000-3ff3546000 ---p 00146000 08:07 2518219                        /lib64/libc-2.5.so
3ff3546000-3ff354a000 r--p 00146000 08:07 2518219                        /lib64/libc-2.5.so
3ff354a000-3ff354b000 rw-p 0014a000 08:07 2518219                        /lib64/libc-2.5.so
3ff354b000-3ff3550000 rw-p 3ff354b000 00:00 0
3ff3a00000-3ff3a02000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518227                        /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
3ff3a02000-3ff3c02000 ---p 00002000 08:07 2518227                        /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
3ff3c02000-3ff3c03000 r--p 00002000 08:07 2518227                        /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
3ff3c03000-3ff3c04000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 2518227                        /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
3ff7e00000-3ff7e0d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518243                        /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070626.so.1
3ff7e0d000-3ff800d000 ---p 0000d000 08:07 2518243                        /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070626.so.1
3ff800d000-3ff800e000 rw-p 0000d000 08:07 2518243                        /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070626.so.1
2aaaaaaab000-2aaaaaaac000 rw-p 2aaaaaaab000 00:00 0
2aaaaaadb000-2aaaaaade000 rw-p 2aaaaaadb000 00:00 0
2aaaaaade000-2aaaae0b0000 r--p 00000000 08:06 4727354                    /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
2aaaae0b0000-2aaaae0d1000 rw-p 2aaaae0b0000 00:00 0
2aaaae0d1000-2aaaae0d2000 ---p 2aaaae0d1000 00:00 0
2aaaae0d2000-2aaaae0d3000 rw-p 2aaaae0d2000 00:00 0
2aaaae101000-2aaaae10b000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2518235                    /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aaaae10b000-2aaaae30a000 ---p 0000a000 08:07 2518235                    /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aaaae30a000-2aaaae30b000 r--p 00009000 08:07 2518235                    /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aaaae30b000-2aaaae30c000 rw-p 0000a000 08:07 2518235                    /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
2aaab0000000-2aaab0021000 rw-p 2aaab0000000 00:00 0
2aaab0021000-2aaab4000000 ---p 2aaab0021000 00:00 0
7fff64eda000-7fff64ef0000 rw-p 7fff64eda000 00:00 0                      [stack]
ffffffffff600000-ffffffffffe00000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0                  [vdso]

Signal 6 (ABRT) caught by ps (procps version 3.2.7).

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