Bug #44698 segfault in mysql_config bundled with Connector/C

Submitted: 6 May 2009 15:33 Modified: 30 Jul 2009 12:25
Reporter: Andrew Hutchings Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connector / C Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:6.0.1 OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[6 May 2009 15:33] Andrew Hutchings
Description:
mysql_config comes out with a load of garbage and then segfaults as follows:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000000000040ef11 in my_print_help (options=0x651900)
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysys/my_getopt.c:1163
1163		  putchar(*comment);

(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000000040ef11 in my_print_help (options=0x651900)
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysys/my_getopt.c:1163
#1  0x000000000040cbde in usage ()
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysql_config/mysql_config.c:60
#2  0x000000000040cc70 in main (ac=1, av=0x7fffffffe3d8)
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysql_config/mysql_config.c:95

Will attach output of command shortly

How to repeat:
run mysql_config without options
[6 May 2009 15:34] Andrew Hutchings
Garbage output from command

Attachment: out.txt (text/plain), 48.00 KiB.

[25 Jun 2009 19:03] Bugs System
A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/77244

2858 Jim Winstead	2009-06-25
      my_print_help() could go into a tailspin when any of the text being printed
      was longer than the width for help text. (Bug #44698)
[28 Jul 2009 19:21] Jim Winstead
Fix pushed, will be in C/C 6.0.2.
[30 Jul 2009 12:25] Tony Bedford
An entry has been added to the 6.0.2 changelog:

The mysql_config program bundled with MySQL Connector/C generated a segmentation fault when run:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000000000040ef11 in my_print_help (options=0x651900)
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysys/my_getopt.c:1163
    1163  putchar(*comment);

(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000000040ef11 in my_print_help (options=0x651900)
    at /media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysys/my_getopt.c:1163
#1  0x000000000040cbde in usage ()
    at
/media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysql_config/mysql_config.c:60

#2  0x000000000040cc70 in main (ac=1, av=0x7fffffffe3d8)
    at
/media/External/Programming/Sources/mysql-connector-c-6.0.1/mysql_config/mysql_config.c:95

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