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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 9114] New: Memory not released when starting a new capture

Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:54:51 +0000
Bug ID 9114
Summary Memory not released when starting a new capture w/o saving last capture
Classification Unclassified
Product Wireshark
Version 1.10.1
Hardware x86
OS All
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Major
Priority Low
Component Wireshark
Assignee [email protected]
Reporter [email protected]

Build Information:
Version 1.10.0 (SVN Rev 49790 from /trunk-1.10)

Copyright 1998-2013 Gerald Combs <[email protected]> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.10, with Cairo 1.8.6, with Pango 1.30.0, with
GLib 2.32.3, with libpcap, with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, without
libnl, with SMI 0.4.8, without c-ares, without ADNS, with Lua 5.1, without
Python, with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP,
with PortAudio V19-devel (built Aug 12 2012 22:27:54), with AirPcap.

Running on Mac OS X 10.8.4, build 12E55 (Darwin 12.4.0), with locale .UTF-8,
with libpcap version 1.1.1, with libz 1.2.5, GnuTLS 2.12.19, Gcrypt 1.5.0,
without AirPcap.
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz

Built using llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build
2336.1.00).

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Version 1.10.1 (SVN Rev 50926 from /trunk-1.10)

Copyright 1998-2013 Gerald Combs <[email protected]> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (32-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.14, with Cairo 1.10.2, with Pango 1.30.1, with
GLib 2.34.1, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.5, without POSIX capabilities,
without libnl, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.9.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python,
with GnuTLS 2.12.18, with Gcrypt 1.4.6, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with
PortAudio V19-devel (built Jul 26 2013), with AirPcap.

Running on 32-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with WinPcap version
4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch
1_0_rel0b (20091008), GnuTLS 2.12.18, Gcrypt 1.4.6, without AirPcap.
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3615QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, with 2047MB of physical
memory.


Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 build 40219
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If you open WS, start a sniff and then either stop/start or restart a new sniff
without saving, the memory from the previous capture is still consumed.  This
will continue until you close WS and re-open.

Tested and confirmed by me and a few co-workers on both OS X 10.8 and Windows
7.


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