Re: RHEL6.8 + VMW Pro 12.5 : glibc issues, free():...

ElCoyote_ · ‎09-22-2016

Hi,

I just upgraded to VMW Pro 12.5.0 from VMW Pro 12.1.1 on a test machine.

I'm noticing issues which weren't present in previous versions..

Here's what starting the 12.5.0 installer says:

# ./x86_64/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.0-4352439.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f816081fd90 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f81605b86d0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f816081f400 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f81605b9770 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f81605b9ea0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f81607f0ba0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f81607f10e0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.25qzAo/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f8160820190 ***

[.....]

The 12.1.1 installer (and those before) didn't have that problem.

Please note that VMW 12.5.0 does -NOT- work under RHEL6.8 (x86_64), which could be caused by the same kind of issues..

Regards,

ElCoyote_ · ‎09-22-2016

The issue seems to be common to the binaries distributed with VMW 12.5.

Here's the compile of the kernel modules (vmware-modconfig):

# /usr/bin/vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Stopping VMware services:

VMware Authentication Daemon [ OK ]

VM communication interface socket family [ OK ]

Virtual machine communication interface [ OK ]

Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]

Blocking file system [ OK ]

Using kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64'

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/apic.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/comport.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/task.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o

CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o

LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/vmmon.o

Building modules, stage 2.

MODPOST 1 modules

CC /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o

LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko.unsigned

NO SIGN [M] /tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64'

/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild

make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only'

make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only'

cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pytD04/vmmon-only'

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278d6f830 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278f87d50 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278f88290 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc0fb0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc1680 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc1d50 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc2540 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278f86ae0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc2940 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278fc4110 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007ff278d6eb70 ***

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fc9ac106f80 ***

ElCoyote_ · ‎09-22-2016

And of course, vmware-hostd doesn't work (used to work on VMW 12.1.1):

# /etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server restart

Starting Workstation Server: failed

# /etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server start

Starting Workstation Server: failed

The end of /var/log/vmware/host.log yields this:

2016-09-22T10:58:07.984-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=dec6833a user=raistlin] RecordOp REMOVE: sessionList["52399fa0-ee1b-96d9-8f0c-543ab7ee7ce2"], ha-sessionmgr. Applied change to temp map.

2016-09-22T10:58:07.984-04:00 info hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=dec6833a user=raistlin] StuffEvent: fullFormat resource ID = event.UserLogoutSessionEvent.fullFormat

2016-09-22T10:58:16.574-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=dec6833a user=raistlin] RecordOp ASSIGN: latestEvent, ha-eventmgr. Applied change to temp map.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.574-04:00 info hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr opID=dec6833a user=raistlin] Event 49 : User raistlin@127.0.0.1 logged out (login time: Thursday, 22 September, 2016 14:57:27, number of API invocations: 0, user agent: VMware-client)

2016-09-22T10:58:07.985-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=dec6833a user=raistlin] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.SessionManager.logout-3030985803. Applied change to temp map.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.575-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA204700] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00033] The client closed the stream, not unexpectedly.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.617-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA38A700] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00024] The client closed the stream, not unexpectedly.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.619-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA204700] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00027] The client closed the stream, not unexpectedly.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.621-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA1C3700] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00032] The client closed the stream, not unexpectedly.

2016-09-22T10:58:16.624-04:00 verbose hostd[7F90AA286700] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00034] The client closed the stream, not unexpectedly.

Note that I was able to connect to the VMW 12.1.1 server using the VMW 12.5.0 client...

ElCoyote_ · ‎09-22-2016

Several other items of interest:

[root@palanthas ~]# /etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server start

Starting Workstation Server: failed

[root@palanthas ~]# /etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server stop

Could not find administrative user. Error 126. <<<<<<===================================================

Stopping Workstation Server: done

Also, if I set MALLOC_CHECK_=2, I get a nice segfault when starting 'vmware'.

Avoid 12.5 until fixed (Works fine on FC24, though)

iRunner2016 · ‎09-26-2016

Hi,

Thank you for letting us know this issue. I tried to reproduce this issue in my local environment, but it didn't emerge. I used a clean CentOS 6.8 to install workstation, and no similar invalid pointer issue reported. Since the printed errors cannot provide enough information to locate the root cause, could you please provide a list of all dependecies of vmis-launcher? You can get such list with command 'lsof -p #PID', where #PID is the PID of vmis-launcher. Besides, you can upload the log for vmware-installer, which can be found in /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-vmis-PID.log.

Regards,

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

Hi Sorry about the late reply. Hadn't seen your reply.

Where should I update the logs?

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

I'm currently re-installing VMW 12.5.2 and will provide you with the information you asked for.. Thanks.

Starting the install of 12.5.2 yields the same results:

[root@palanthas x86_64]# ./VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": libpk-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21144e2900 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21142e6090 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21142e7940 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21142e7fe0 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f211449d090 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f211449d490 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f211449dc40 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21144e2d00 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f211449e040 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21144e2370 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f211449fa90 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21142e6520 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21142e6920 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f21144e1f70 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f2114635b60 ***

*** glibc detected *** /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f2114848480 ***

[........]

Here's what 'ldd' says about the above binary:

[root@palanthas ~]# ldd /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher

linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffd4cae5000)

libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f4c90cf7000)

libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4c90ada000)

libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f4c908c3000)

libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4c9052f000)

/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003351400000)

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

Here's the 'lsof -p' you asked for:

COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME

vmis-laun 25786 root cwd DIR 0,47 4096 11018278 /net/imladris/export/home/shared/data/install/Linux/VMware-Workstation-12.5.2/x86_64 (imladris:/export/home/shared)

vmis-laun 25786 root rtd DIR 253,0 4096 2 /

vmis-laun 25786 root txt REG 0,17 1009184 87494 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 28923272 2554304 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 7220800 2510359 /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 611556 2888536 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 672300 2891681 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 333632 2891680 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 9936 87636 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/libconf/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 720012 2888537 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1448 524348 /var/cache/fontconfig/d7c3980621ce8b556f132f9897986857-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 12072 524371 /var/cache/fontconfig/87f5e051180a7a75f16eb6fe7dbd3749-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 34040 524370 /var/cache/fontconfig/b79f3aaa7d385a141ab53ec885cc22a8-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 9160 524410 /var/cache/fontconfig/0b1bcc92b4d25cc154d77dafe3bceaa0-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 9080 524402 /var/cache/fontconfig/2e1514a9fdd499050989183bb65136db-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1432 524408 /var/cache/fontconfig/44ad4949f51819251fed26de7f5ef1ed-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 29784 524369 /var/cache/fontconfig/5c755b2f27115486aa6359c84dd3cbda-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 2920 524406 /var/cache/fontconfig/b966c23d19cce9e9a98d55765cf2a0c7-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 60496 524405 /var/cache/fontconfig/3f821257dd33660ba7bbb45c32deb84c-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 32624 524404 /var/cache/fontconfig/4460665c0f3e88acdd4c85aa2f409b99-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 36304 524403 /var/cache/fontconfig/830f035fa84a65ce80e050178dbb630d-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 8752 524380 /var/cache/fontconfig/81a173283b451552b599cfaafd6236bd-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 2784 524401 /var/cache/fontconfig/ac68f755438cc3dc5a526084839fc7ca-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1592 524399 /var/cache/fontconfig/e8fe69fff143ec54c56d12417c2b92c6-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1504 524398 /var/cache/fontconfig/a8c9a5f1ab5a46f0074d105dddc874cf-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 3560 524397 /var/cache/fontconfig/6cfc7d49b27ba7d3eb71ab86e04def2c-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 2176 524378 /var/cache/fontconfig/6fcb01a03a016cc71057b587cdea6709-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1600 524395 /var/cache/fontconfig/2678730374f88f8c6b5c0192ab5a46db-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1432 524394 /var/cache/fontconfig/46d51d90fe9d963f6f4186edb936a931-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1600 524393 /var/cache/fontconfig/b887eea8f1b96e1d899b44ed6681fc27-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1544 524392 /var/cache/fontconfig/860639f272b8b4b3094f9e399e41bccd-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1592 524391 /var/cache/fontconfig/211368abcb0ff835c229ff05c9ec01dc-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1544 524390 /var/cache/fontconfig/c46020d7221988a13df853d2b46304fc-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1536 524381 /var/cache/fontconfig/fa2b533b7056bdadb961f088bc0a978b-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1592 524389 /var/cache/fontconfig/df893b4576ad6107f9397134092c4059-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1552 524388 /var/cache/fontconfig/900402270e15d763a6e008bb2d4c7686-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1528 524387 /var/cache/fontconfig/47f48679023f44a4d1e44699a69464f6-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1512 524386 /var/cache/fontconfig/2881ed3fd21ca306ddad6f9b0dd3189f-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1512 524385 /var/cache/fontconfig/3c3fb04d32a5211b073874b125d29701-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1432 524384 /var/cache/fontconfig/e61abf8156cc476151baa07d67337cae-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 15392 524383 /var/cache/fontconfig/b67b32625a2bb51b023d3814a918f351-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 1808 524382 /var/cache/fontconfig/991510d2da7f7b2bf8468002aae90060-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 14672 525955 /var/cache/fontconfig/d3379abda271c4acd2ad0c01f565d0b0-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 17280 524409 /var/cache/fontconfig/46b47dbc682d2ca4191e148ea7bde7f2-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 64376 524419 /var/cache/fontconfig/12b26b760a24f8b4feb03ad48a333a72-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 33568 525954 /var/cache/fontconfig/33315028185e8b9ecf55d3c7f93d9205-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 16520 524368 /var/cache/fontconfig/3df8979866e8848a59fe99e84294e911-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 70624 524367 /var/cache/fontconfig/74717c444f6fd72454fa9c9c0ee01ca7-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,3 27280 524366 /var/cache/fontconfig/928306c3ad40271d946e41014a49fc28-le64.cache-3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 20240 87590 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders/libpixbufloader-png.so

vmis-laun 25786 root DEL REG 253,6 2771109 /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/sopython/libpy25.so

vmis-laun 25786 root DEL REG 253,6 2771282 /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/python/libpython.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 169704 87584 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/libconf/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libclearlooks.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 276336 87786 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/atk.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 160192 87797 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/pango.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 96048 87789 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/cairo/_cairo.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 2479464 87806 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/gtk/_gtk.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 192336 87795 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/gobject/_gobject.so

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 40088 271711 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.2.0

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 4174968 87686 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 135528 87722 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0/libatk-1.0.so.0

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 681144 87660 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 8648 87706 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libXdamage.so.1/libXdamage.so.1

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 9856 87674 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libXcomposite.so.1/libXcomposite.so.1

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 40200 87694 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libXcursor.so.1/libXcursor.so.1

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 0,17 20960 87702 /tmp/vmis.hrqQJ9/install/vmware-installer/lib/lib/libXfixes.so.3/libXfixes.so.3

vmis-laun 25786 root mem REG 253,6 76848 271707 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0

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ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

Here are the relevant versions on my system:

[root@palanthas ~]# rpm -q glibc kernel

glibc-2.12-1.192.el6.x86_64

glibc-2.12-1.192.el6.i686

kernel-2.6.32-642.6.1.el6.x86_64

kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64

kernel-2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64

Could you please test with RHEL6.8, not Centos6.8?

Thanks,

Vincent

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

One thing to note: On RHEL6.8, the MALLOC_CHECK_ and MALLOC_PERTURB_ env variables are set by default.

Here's what it says on my system (the second value is random):

# env|grep MALLOC

MALLOC_CHECK_=1

MALLOC_PERTURB_=239

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

I had the 'debugmode' rpm installed. I've removed it and will see if it changes something.

Please try to install the 'debugmode' rpm on your centos 6.8, it may provide you with the same results.

Again, this does NOT happen on VMW 12.1.1

ElCoyote_ · ‎11-22-2016

Removing the 'debugmode' rpm also removes the warnings but I still think vmis-installer in 12.5.2 suffers from out-of-bound issues.

By using /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0 from 12.1.1 on a fresh 12.5.2 install, I get no warnings about free() errors.

All

RHEL6.8 + VMW Pro 12.5 : glibc issues, free(): invalid pointer.