https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804551 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804551#c0 Summary: bash expansion of {aa..zz} gives *** glibc detected *** /bin/bash: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0... ** and bash is dead Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: karl.thomas.schmidt@googlemail.com QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 Just entering this command: echo {001..999}{a..z}{000000000000000000001..99999999999999999999999}{a..z} gives: *** glibc detected *** /bin/bash: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x00000000024ce340 *** The bash instance then is dead. Tested this on an old and weak fedora box, it works. On an Debian Squeeze it works as well. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.just enter in any bash instance command from above 2. 3. Actual Results: bash instance stops Expected Results: a very stupid very long string -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.