mod_perl/4497: Apache/mod_php-3.0.7/mod_perl-1.19 segfault when accessing mod_perl document

[Ben O'Shea <ro...@linux-solutions.org>]

>Number:         4497
>Category:       mod_perl
>Synopsis:       Apache/mod_php-3.0.7/mod_perl-1.19 segfault when accessing mod_perl document
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 30 20:30:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     roady@linux-solutions.org
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6 (Unix)
>Environment:
Linux (RedHat 5.1) Kernel 2.0.35; gcc version 2.7.2.3;
>Description:
When accessing a mod_perl document the child segfaults under Apache/1.3.6+mod_php-3.0.7

backtrace results:

*(gdb) run -X -f /s101/current/config/apache/launch/ben-httpd.conf
Starting program: /a/apache_1.3.6/src/./httpd -X -f /s101/current/config/apache/launch/ben-httpd.conf

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x400d9992 in strrchr ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x400d9992 in strrchr ()
#1  0xbfffeeec in ?? ()
#2  0x8223e2e in upper_digits.45 ()
Cannot access memory at address 0x1.
(gdb)

>How-To-Repeat:
Problem is only apparent with mod_perl and mod_php, and seems to only occur on
rhlinux 5.1 systems.
>Fix:

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