pilot-link errors: *** buffer overflow detected ***: pilot-xfer terminated

[Rodd Clarkson]

> When I run the pilot-xfer program (as a regular user or as root), I get
> the error included at the end of my email.  I'm using the most recent
> version available in rawhide:
> 
> rpm -qi pilot-link
> Name        : pilot-link                   Relocations: (not
> relocatable)
> Version     : 0.12.0                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
> Release     : 0.pre4.5                      Build Date: Tue 30 Aug 2005
> 07:59:41 AM CDT
> Install Date: Fri 16 Sep 2005 11:11:56 PM CDT      Build Host:
> tweety.build.redhat.com
> Group       : Applications/Communications   Source RPM:
> pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre4.5.src.rpm
> Size        : 1382129                          License: GPL
> Signature   : (none)
> Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
> URL         : http://www.pilot-link.org/
> Summary     : File transfer utilities between Linux and PalmPilots.
> 
> I recompiled this same version of pilot-link myself and it works ok.  So
> this is fixed for me, but thought I'd report it.  Should I create a bug
> in bugzilla?  (I haven't done this too often, and the ones I have done,
> I don't think I did a very good job creating them.)

I've tried to recompile but to no avail.

see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170068

> Here's the error:
> 
> pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyUSB1 --list
> *** buffer overflow detected ***: pilot-xfer terminated
> ======= Backtrace: =========
> /lib/libc.so.6(__chk_fail+0x41)[0xb3ac15]
> /lib/libc.so.6(__ptsname_r_chk+0x0)[0xb3b254]
> /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9[0x930f4f]
> /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9(pi_bind+0x54)[0x93443c]
> pilot-xfer[0x804ee6b]
> pilot-xfer[0x804dc97]
> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdf)[0xa7150f]
> pilot-xfer[0x804a151]
> ======= Memory map: ========
> 001e0000-001e7000 r-xp 00000000 03:03
> 1062434    /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
> 001e7000-001e8000 rwxp 00007000 03:03
> 1062434    /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
> 0090e000-00940000 r-xp 00000000 03:03
> 1058069    /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9.0.0
> 00940000-00944000 rwxp 00031000 03:03
> 1058069    /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9.0.0
> 00a3f000-00a58000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 5489075    /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
> 00a58000-00a59000 r-xp 00018000 03:03 5489075    /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
> 00a59000-00a5a000 rwxp 00019000 03:03 5489075    /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
> 00a5c000-00b81000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 5489076    /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
> 00b81000-00b83000 r-xp 00125000 03:03 5489076    /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
> 00b83000-00b85000 rwxp 00127000 03:03 5489076    /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
> 00b85000-00b87000 rwxp 00b85000 00:00 0
> 00d47000-00d48000 r-xp 00d47000 00:00 0          [vdso]
> 025f7000-02600000 r-xp 00000000 03:03
> 5489098    /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.2-20051007.so.1
> 02600000-02601000 rwxp 00009000 03:03
> 5489098    /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.2-20051007.so.1
> 08048000-08052000 r-xp 00000000 03:03 1052982    /usr/bin/pilot-xfer
> 08052000-08054000 rw-p 00009000 03:03 1052982    /usr/bin/pilot-xfer
> 0878c000-087ad000 rw-p 0878c000 00:00 0          [heap]
> b7fad000-b7fae000 rw-p b7fad000 00:00 0
> b7fc8000-b7fc9000 rw-p b7fc8000 00:00 0
> bf8b3000-bf8c9000 rw-p bf8b3000 00:00 0          [stack]
> Aborted

I'm getting this error:


[rodd at localhost ~]$ pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1
*** buffer overflow detected ***: pilot-xfer terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(__chk_fail+0x41)[0x1efc15]
/lib/libc.so.6(__ptsname_r_chk+0x0)[0x1f0254]
/usr/lib/libpisock.so.9[0x4aeeaf]
/usr/lib/libpisock.so.9(pi_bind+0x54)[0x4b238c]
pilot-xfer[0x804ee7b]
pilot-xfer[0x804dc9e]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdf)[0x12650f]
pilot-xfer[0x804a151]
======= Memory map: ========
00111000-00236000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 327708     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
00236000-00238000 r-xp 00125000 08:09 327708     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
00238000-0023a000 rwxp 00127000 08:09 327708     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
0023a000-0023c000 rwxp 0023a000 00:00 0
0046a000-00483000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 327700     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
00483000-00484000 r-xp 00018000 08:09 327700     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
00484000-00485000 rwxp 00019000 08:09 327700     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
0048c000-004be000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 453929     /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9.0.0
004be000-004c2000 rwxp 00031000 08:09 453929     /usr/lib/libpisock.so.9.0.0
006d6000-006d7000 r-xp 006d6000 00:00 0          [vdso]
00d73000-00d7a000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 1818579    /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
00d7a000-00d7b000 rwxp 00007000 08:09 1818579    /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
00df0000-00df9000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 330212     /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.2-20051007.so .1
00df9000-00dfa000 rwxp 00009000 08:09 330212     /lib/libgcc_s-4.0.2-20051007.so .1
08048000-08052000 r-xp 00000000 08:09 1821711    /usr/bin/pilot-xfer
08052000-08053000 rw-p 00009000 08:09 1821711    /usr/bin/pilot-xfer
08bf8000-08c19000 rw-p 08bf8000 00:00 0          [heap]
b7f4a000-b7f4b000 rw-p b7f4a000 00:00 0
b7f5b000-b7f5c000 rw-p b7f5b000 00:00 0
bfc47000-bfc5c000 rw-p bfc47000 00:00 0          [stack]
Aborted
[rodd at localhost ~]$


Any ideas?


Rodd

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