# Fwd: Bug: SEGV in git when applying the patches

3 messages from 2013-08-05 to 2013-08-05. Participants: Rafal W., John Keeping.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34610

## Rafal W., 2013-08-05 11:01

Subject: Fwd: Bug: SEGV in git when applying the patches
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Hi,
When applying patch via git, it is doing sometimes SEGV.
Please find more details in the attached crash logs.
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kenorb

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## John Keeping, 2013-08-05 11:09

Subject: Re: Fwd: Bug: SEGV in git when applying the patches
Message-ID: <20130805110911.GX2337@serenity.lan>
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In-Reply-To: <CANmdXCG2sQ9ujL07=S93+g6DgahiEAnMRgwaAmy16qkNw6OeSg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 12:01:44PM +0100, Rafal W. wrote:
> Hi,
> When applying patch via git, it is doing sometimes SEGV.
> Please find more details in the attached crash logs.

This looks like the issue fixed by commit 212eb96 (apply: carefully
strdup a possibly-NULL name, 2013-06-21), which is in Git 1.8.3.3 and
later.

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## Rafal W., 2013-08-05 11:10

Subject: Re: Fwd: Bug: SEGV in git when applying the patches
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Thank you, I'll test with the newer version.
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kenorb


On 5 August 2013 12:09, John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 12:01:44PM +0100, Rafal W. wrote:
>> Hi,
>> When applying patch via git, it is doing sometimes SEGV.
>> Please find more details in the attached crash logs.
>
> This looks like the issue fixed by commit 212eb96 (apply: carefully
> strdup a possibly-NULL name, 2013-06-21), which is in Git 1.8.3.3 and
> later.

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