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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 5808] New: WTAP_ERR_BAD_RECORD in cf_continue_tail() doesn

Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:15:40 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5808

           Summary: WTAP_ERR_BAD_RECORD in cf_continue_tail() doesn't
                    report (or free!) the err_info string
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
Most if not all versions
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Title says it all.  It needs to report err_info for all errors that return it,
so that, for example, when somebody gets a flood of WTAP_ERR_BAD_RECORD errors
when capturing, there's at least some indication of what's wrong with the
packets, to help debug the problem.

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