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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12183] tshark with randpktdump reporting "pointer being fr

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 22:50:24 +0000

Comment # 4 on bug 12183 from
(In reply to Michael Mann from comment #3)
> Is this two bugs?

Yes.

> 1. The fact that randpktdump is run by "default"

Yes, we're putting extcap interfaces at the *beginning* of the list of
interfaces in capchild/capture_ifinfo.c$capture_interface_list().

This Is Wrong.

> 2. Use-after-free error potentially caused by randpktdump running.
> 
> Potential fix for use-after-free at https://code.wireshark.org/review/14180/
> (not sure but it seems to be in the neighborhood)


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