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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11740] New: Pointers to deallocated memory when redissecti

Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:38:40 +0000
Bug ID 11740
Summary Pointers to deallocated memory when redissecting
Product Wireshark
Version 2.0.0
Hardware All
OS All
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Normal
Priority Low
Component Dissection engine (libwireshark)
Assignee [email protected]
Reporter [email protected]

Build Information:
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In rescan_packets() when ‘redissect’ we call epan_free() which deallocates
memory in wmem_file_scope.  If having a selected packet (cf->edt) this have an
array of all data blocks allocated with p_get_proto_data(), which sometimes are
using wmem_file_scope.  We will then have an array of pointers to deallocated
memory until the array is rebuilt.

In packet_list_clear() we (may) have code accessing this memory (look in bug
11719 for some discussion about the first attempt to fix this), and this will
give an use-of-deallocated-memory error.


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