[Bug 971314] Re: 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3 on Precise generates a memory corruption

[Paul Woolley]

This bug appears to be linked to hostnames greater than 36 character in
length:

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root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# hostname 01234567890123456789012345678901234
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# service ntp restart
 * Stopping NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]
 * Starting NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# hostname 012345678901234567890123456789012345
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# service ntp restart
 * Stopping NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]
 * Starting NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# hostname 0123456789012345678901234567890123456
root at ip-10-53-101-13:~# service ntp restart
 * Stopping NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                       [ OK ]
 * Starting NTP server ntpd                                                                                                                                              *** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0000000000fc90a0 ***
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
                                                                                                                                                                  [ OK ]
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...'rapc-HP-Compaq-dc7800-Small-Form-Factor' being 39 chars.

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  1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3 on Precise generates a memory corruption

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