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I am using a Linux tool to generate some n/w traffic but getting this error when i try to send data greater than some length while the tool has provision for it.
My whole project has stuck in between. As I have not created the tool so not sure where exactly is the error occurring... and this error(even gdb) is not giving any hint regarding where is the problem.How to detect the point of error?
I am giving some snapshots of the problem if they help. Please guide me how should I proceed? It's looking like a mesh to me.
udit@udit-Dabba ~ $ sendip -v -p ipv6 -f file.txt -6s ::1 -p esp -es 0x20 -eq 0x40 -ei
abcd -eI zxc -p tcp -ts 21 -td 21 ::2 | more
*** glibc detected *** sendip: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x09da25e8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6b961)[0x17b961]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x6d28b)[0x17d28b]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0x18041d]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(fclose+0x14a)[0x16b9ca]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0xe053f)[0x1f053f]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__res_ninit+0x25)[0x1f0815]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__res_maybe_init+0x130)[0x1f1810]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__nss_hostname_digits_dots+0x34)[0x1f37d4]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gethostbyname2+0x96)[0x1f82f6]
/usr/local/lib/sendip/ipv6.so(set_addr+0x2d)[0x3eec69]
sendip(main+0x8eb)[0x804a635]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7)[0x126e37]
sendip[0x8048f81]
======= Memory map: ========
00110000-0026a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 3408705 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so
0026a000-0026b000 ---p 0015a000 08:07 3408705 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so
0026b000-0026d000 r--p 0015a000 08:07 3408705 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so
0026d000-0026e000 rw-p 0015c000 08:07 3408705 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so
0026e000-00271000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
002d6000-002da000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 923078 /usr/local/lib/sendip/tcp.so
002da000-002db000 r--p 00003000 08:07 923078 /usr/local/lib/sendip/tcp.so
002db000-002dc000 rw-p 00004000 08:07 923078 /usr/local/lib/sendip/tcp.so
002dc000-002e0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
003ee000-003f0000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 923076 /usr/local/lib/sendip/ipv6.so
003f0000-003f1000 r--p 00001000 08:07 923076 /usr/local/lib/sendip/ipv6.so
003f1000-003f2000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 923076 /usr/local/lib/sendip/ipv6.so
005fd000-00621000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 3408742 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so
00621000-00622000 r--p 00023000 08:07 3408742 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so
00622000-00623000 rw-p 00024000 08:07 3408742 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm-2.13.so
006f7000-006fa000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 919265 /usr/local/lib/sendip/esp.so
006fa000-006fb000 r--p 00002000 08:07 919265 /usr/local/lib/sendip/esp.so
006fb000-006fc000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 919265 /usr/local/lib/sendip/esp.so
006fc000-00700000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
0081a000-00836000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 3408692 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so
00836000-00837000 r--p 0001b000 08:07 3408692 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so
00837000-00838000 rw-p 0001c000 08:07 3408692 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so
0091d000-0091f000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 3408715 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so
0091f000-00920000 r--p 00001000 08:07 3408715 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so
00920000-00921000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 3408715 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.13.so
009e7000-00a01000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 3408733 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
00a01000-00a02000 r--p 00019000 08:07 3408733 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
00a02000-00a03000 rw-p 0001a000 08:07 3408733 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
00fb3000-00fb4000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
08048000-0804e000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 923064 /usr/local/bin/sendip
0804e000-0804f000 r--p 00005000 08:07 923064 /usr/local/bin/sendip
0804f000-08050000 rw-p 00006000 08:07 923064 /usr/local/bin/sendip
08050000-08054000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
09da1000-09dc2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
b7600000-b7621000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b7621000-b7700000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
b77ce000-b77d0000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b77e1000-b77e2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b77e2000-b77e3000 r--s 00000000 08:07 3148711 /home/udit/file.txt
b77e3000-b77e5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
bfb5a000-bfb7b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack]
esp
Added 43 options
Initializing module ipv6
Initializing module esp
Initializing module tcp
My glibc version ..
udit@udit-Dabba ~/Downloads/sendip-2.5-mec-2 $ ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.13-0ubuntu13) 2.13
...
It's an open source tool sendip and I am trying to generate ipsec traffic. If any code portion will be required I will add it here but don't have time to report the bug and wait for it to be fixed because acc. to the tool specifications i choose it for my purpose and now I am completely stuck in between. Please guide me for this.
I know it's almost impossible to tell what is the error and where it is without even looking at the code. I am just asking for your help and suggestion what should I do in this situation because its not even completely my mistake.
If anyone could tell me any tool which could tell me where exactly is the problem ????
I am not even sure whether the question is suitable for here; if not please tell me where to migrate it?
As suggested I tried with valgrind. I never even heard about it before so no idea how to proceed with here is the output. Please guide me how to go about it further?
udit@udit-Dabba ~ $ valgrind --leak-check=yes sendip -v -p ipv6
-f file.txt -6s ::1 -p esp -es 0x20 -eq 0x40 -ei abcd -eI zxc
-p tcp -ts 21 -td 21 ::2
==12444== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==12444== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==12444== Using Valgrind-3.6.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==12444== Command: sendip -v -p ipv6 -f file.txt -6s ::1 -p esp
-es 0x20 -eq 0x40 -ei abcd -eI zxc -p tcp -ts 21 -td 21 ::2
==12444==
esp
Added 43 options
Initializing module ipv6
Initializing module esp
Initializing module tcp
==12444== Invalid write of size 1
==12444== at 0x4027F40: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:635)
==12444== by 0x4032269: do_opt (esp.c:113)
==12444== by 0x804A51D: main (sendip.c:575)
==12444== Address 0x41cec5c is 5 bytes after a block of size 23 alloc'd
==12444== at 0x402699A: realloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:525)
==12444== by 0x4032231: do_opt (esp.c:111)
==12444== by 0x804A51D: main (sendip.c:575)
==12444==
Finalizing module tcp
Finalizing module esp
Finalizing module ipv6
Final packet data:
60 00 00 00 `...
00 5B 32 20 .[2
/*rest packet content*/
65 66 0A 0A ef..
00 00 02 06 ....
1E 97 1E ...
Couldn't open RAW socket: Operation not permitted
Freeing module ipv6
Freeing module esp
Freeing module tcp
==12444==
==12444== HEAP SUMMARY:
==12444== in use at exit: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==12444== total heap usage: 118 allocs, 117 frees, 8,236 bytes allocated
==12444==
==12444== 16 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 1
==12444== at 0x40268A4: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:236)
==12444== by 0x4031F47: ???
==12444== by 0x804A34F: main (sendip.c:517)
==12444==
==12444== LEAK SUMMARY:
==12444== definitely lost: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==12444== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==12444== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==12444== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==12444== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==12444==
==12444== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==12444== ERROR SUMMARY: 4 errors from 2 contexts (suppressed: 30 from 11)
Probably you've messed badly with memory, writing things where you shouldn't (e.g., due to buffer overflows).
If you are wondering how a buffer overflow can cause an "invalid free" error, then consider the following example.
Suppose you've allocated dynamically an array A of 10 bytes, and then a structure B.
C runtimes usually places informations about allocated chunks of memory released by malloc/new just before the address returned to the user, so it is easy to get back the size at free invocation.
Now, suppose that you mess with array subscripts and do A[11] = value. Your value will be placed in the field reserved by the C runtime to store the aforementioned informations, turning them meaninglessness, so the C runtime will catch the error trying to free B and abort the execution.
Since you are on Linux, you can use Valgrind to track down the problem and eliminating it.