2010-05-06 Ulrich Drepper * malloc/malloc.c (_int_free): Possible race in the most recently added check. Only act on the data if no current modification happened. Index: glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/malloc/malloc.c =================================================================== --- glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1.orig/malloc/malloc.c +++ glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/malloc/malloc.c @@ -4859,6 +4859,7 @@ _int_free(mstate av, mchunkptr p) #ifdef ATOMIC_FASTBINS mchunkptr fd; mchunkptr old = *fb; + unsigned int old_idx = ~0u; do { /* Another simple check: make sure the top of the bin is not the @@ -4868,15 +4869,17 @@ _int_free(mstate av, mchunkptr p) errstr = "double free or corruption (fasttop)"; goto errout; } - if (old != NULL - && __builtin_expect (fastbin_index(chunksize(old)) != idx, 0)) - { - errstr = "invalid fastbin entry (free)"; - goto errout; - } + if (old != NULL) + old_idx = fastbin_index(chunksize(old)); p->fd = fd = old; } while ((old = catomic_compare_and_exchange_val_rel (fb, p, fd)) != fd); + + if (fd != NULL && __builtin_expect (old_idx != idx, 0)) + { + errstr = "invalid fastbin entry (free)"; + goto errout; + } #else /* Another simple check: make sure the top of the bin is not the record we are going to add (i.e., double free). */