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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-08-12 17:49:50 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-08-12 17:49:50 +0000
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[BZ #2998]
2006-08-03  Eric Blake
<ebb9@byu.net>

	[BZ #2998]
	* misc/error.c (error_tail) [_LIBC]: Avoid invalid free.
Diffstat (limited to 'misc')
-rw-r--r--misc/error.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/misc/error.c b/misc/error.c
index 66a8ccb501..459110cf96 100644
--- a/misc/error.c
+++ b/misc/error.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Error handler for noninteractive utilities
-   Copyright (C) 1990-1998, 2000-2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1990-1998, 2000-2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ error_tail (int status, int errnum, const char *message, va_list args)
 	{
 	  /* The string cannot be converted.  */
 	  if (use_malloc)
-	    free (wmessage);
+	    {
+	      free (wmessage);
+	      use_malloc = false;
+	    }
 	  wmessage = (wchar_t *) L"???";
 	}