[CentOS] glibc error ???

[John R Pierce]

Robert - elists wrote:
> On a centos 4.6 box
>
> rpm -qa | grep glib
>
> glib-1.2.10-15
> glibc-2.3.4-2.39
> glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.39
> glibc-common-2.3.4-2.39
> dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
> glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.100.EL
> glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.39
> glib2-2.4.7-1
>
> I am getting this type of error at times on a mail server
>
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xbffa11b8 ***
>
> While I am researching this more, I am wondering if the rpm-qa | grep glib
> info above showing different version for kernheaders makes a difference in
> any way.
>
> There are lots of search hits out there for this yet I am wondering if I
> should be focusing on a certain glib area or in the application providing
> the error in the error logs
>   


I'd be looking at the application that triggered that error.  
Apparently, it tried to 'free()' a memory block that wasn't malloc()'d 
in the first place.