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Bug #4389

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"pointer being freed was not allocated" error after setting instance variable in metaclass for Thread.current

Added by delano (Delano Mandelbaum) almost 14 years ago. Updated over 13 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Assignee:
-
Target version:
ruby -v:
ruby 1.9.2p136 (2010-12-25) [x86_64-darwin10.6.0]
Backport:
[ruby-core:35192]

Description

=begin
To recreate:

class Thread
def metaclass
class << self; self; end;
end
end
Thread.current.metaclass.instance_variable_set("@data", :data)
exit

Result:
ruby(28425,0x7fff70bc9ca0) malloc: *** error for object 0x100400000: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.1 are not affected.

Reproduced on:
Darwin hostname 10.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386 i386
Linux hostname 2.6.32.16-linode28 #1 SMP Sun Jul 25 21:32:42 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
=end


Related issues 1 (0 open1 closed)

Related to Ruby master - Bug #4828: crash in test_thread_instance_variableClosed06/05/2011Actions
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Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) almost 14 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

=begin
This issue was solved with changeset r30840.
Delano, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.


  • eval.c (ruby_cleanup): use rb_ary_free to free internal object.
  • gc.h (RUBY_FREE_UNLESS_NULL): get rid of double free.
    [ruby-core:35192]
    =end
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