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.