[XERCESC-1976] SIGSEGV during init on SUSE11 when LANG is unset

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Component/s: Miscellaneous
• Environment: SUSE11
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Uri Moszkowicz
• Created: 18/Jan/12 21:12
• Updated: 30/Jan/18 21:24
• Resolved: 30/Jan/18 21:24

Description

1. Unset LANG variable
2. Run executable using Xerces.
3. Crash with the following stack:

#36 0x00000000010422f8 in __gconv ()
#37 0x000000000104199b in iconv ()
#38 0x0000000000f25bef in xercesc_3_1::IconvGNULCPTranscoder::calcRequiredSize (this=0x4c4cab0, srcText=Variable "srcText" is not available.
) at xercesc/util/Transcoders/IconvGNU/IconvGNUTransService.cpp:401
#39 0x0000000000f23dcb in xercesc_3_1::IconvGNULCPTranscoder::transcode (this=0x4c4cab0, toTranscode=0x4c8a7d8, manager=0x4c38e98) at xercesc/util/Transcoders/IconvGNU/IconvGNUTransService.cpp:747
#40 0x0000000000e6b98f in xercesc_3_1::XMLString::parseInt (toConvert=Variable "toConvert" is not available.
) at xercesc/util/XMLString.cpp:1457
#41 0x0000000000f8066d in xercesc_3_1::AbstractStringValidator::assignFacet (this=0x4c8a700, manager=0x4c38e98) at xercesc/validators/datatype/AbstractStringValidator.cpp:152
#42 0x0000000000f80a52 in xercesc_3_1::AbstractStringValidator::init (this=0x4c8a700, enums=Variable "enums" is not available.
) at xercesc/validators/datatype/AbstractStringValidator.cpp:100
#43 0x0000000000edcd07 in ListDatatypeValidator (this=0x4c8a700, baseValidator=0x4c8a070, facets=Variable "facets" is not available.
) at xercesc/validators/datatype/ListDatatypeValidator.cpp:61
#44 0x0000000000ed019b in xercesc_3_1::DatatypeValidatorFactory::createDatatypeValidator (this=Variable "this" is not available.
) at xercesc/validators/datatype/DatatypeValidatorFactory.cpp:643
#45 0x0000000000ed3b26 in xercesc_3_1::DatatypeValidatorFactory::expandRegistryToFullSchemaSet (this=0x4c87af0) at xercesc/validators/datatype/DatatypeValidatorFactory.cpp:312
#46 0x0000000000ed5ac0 in xercesc_3_1::XMLInitializer::initializeDatatypeValidatorFactory () at xercesc/validators/datatype/DatatypeValidatorFactory.cpp:135
#47 0x0000000000e69415 in xercesc_3_1::XMLInitializer::initializeStaticData () at xercesc/util/XMLInitializer.cpp:61
#48 0x000000000068571b in main (argc=23, argv=0x7fff3a9175e8, env=0x7fff3a9176a8) at Main.cc:100

This is from the first line of the program, which calls XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize() so simply try this program:

int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* env[]) {
XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();
}

Note that the crash doesn't occur on SUSE10 or any of the Redhat platforms.