*** glibc detected *** sudo: free(): invalid pointer

[RJ]

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

Fresh install from alpha 6 alt cd.
once i booted to desktop, the following sequence ensued from a konsole:

rj@rjlaptop:~$
rj@rjlaptop:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential screen
Reading package lists... Done
<snip....>
Setting up build-essential (11.3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
rj@rjlaptop:~$ sudo apt-get install wvdial
*** glibc detected *** sudo: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7d0fb70 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7eb58c5]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7eb9330]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_dlsym+0x90)[0xb7f58220]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__nss_lookup_function+0x153)[0xb7f31eb3]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7f05eee]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(getaddrinfo+0x199)[0xb7f07919]
sudo[0x804ef45]
sudo[0x8050000]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7e603a0]
sudo[0x804a521]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08062000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 5475529 /usr/bin/sudo
08062000-08063000 rw-p 00019000 fe:01 5475529 /usr/bin/sudo
08063000-08087000 rw-p 08063000 00:00 0 [heap]
b7cd7000-b7ce1000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3294746 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7ce1000-b7ce2000 rw-p 0000a000 fe:01 3294746 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7ce2000-b7ceb000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293217 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b7ceb000-b7ced000 rw-p 00008000 fe:01 3293217 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b7ced000-b7cf5000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293219 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b7cf5000-b7cf7000 rw-p 00007000 fe:01 3293219 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so
b7cf7000-b7d0b000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293214 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so
b7d0b000-b7d0d000 rw-p 00013000 fe:01 3293214 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so
b7d0d000-b7d10000 rw-p b7d0d000 00:00 0
b7d10000-b7d17000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293215 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b7d17000-b7d19000 rw-p 00006000 fe:01 3293215 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so
b7d27000-b7d66000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505635 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_CTYPE
b7d66000-b7d67000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505636 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
b7d67000-b7d68000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505637 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_TIME
b7d68000-b7e48000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505638 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_COLLATE
b7e48000-b7e49000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505639 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MONETARY
b7e49000-b7e4a000 rw-p b7e49000 00:00 0
b7e4a000-b7f93000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293208 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
b7f93000-b7f94000 r--p 00149000 fe:01 3293208 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
b7f94000-b7f96000 rw-p 0014a000 fe:01 3293208 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so
b7f96000-b7f9a000 rw-p b7f96000 00:00 0
b7f9a000-b7f9c000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293211 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
b7f9c000-b7f9e000 rw-p 00001000 fe:01 3293211 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so
b7f9e000-b7fa7000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3293255 /lib/libpam.so.0.81.6
b7fa7000-b7fa8000 rw-p 00008000 fe:01 3293255 /lib/libpam.so.0.81.6
b7fa8000-b7fa9000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505641 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
b7fa9000-b7faa000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505642 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_PAPER
b7faa000-b7fab000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505643 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_NAME
b7fab000-b7fac000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505644 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
b7fac000-b7fad000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505645 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
b7fad000-b7fae000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505646 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
b7fae000-b7fb5000 r--s 00000000 fe:01 5473206 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
b7fb5000-b7fb6000 r--p 00000000 fe:01 5505647 /usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
b7fb6000-b7fb8000 rw-p b7fb6000 00:00 0
b7fb8000-b7fb9000 r-xp b7fb8000 00:00 0 [vdso]
b7fb9000-b7fd3000 r-xp 00000000 fe:01 3294747 /lib/ld-2.7.so
b7fd3000-b7fd4000 r--p 00019000 fe:01 3294747 /lib/ld-2.7.so
b7fd4000-b7fd5000 rw-p 0001a000 fe:01 3294747 /lib/ld-2.7.so
bfef6000-bff0b000 rw-p bffeb000 00:00 0 [stack]
Aborted
rj@rjlaptop:~$
rj@rjlaptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove build-essential
*** glibc detected *** sudo: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7d17b70 ***

[Peter Veenstra (spiru)]

does it continue to happen if you start a new console ?

[RJ (rj-metabrew)]

Yes, whoops this was in fact a dupe. Fixes as per the other report