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#3 Memory leak problem
When using pam_mysql.so with Debian 2.2's CyrusIMAPd v1.5.19 pwcheck daemon,
we found that every authentication via pam_mysql.so add up 24k to the pwcheck's RSS.
Since the pwcheck daemon won't quit after an authentication, we then have a record of 54M RSS
in 3 days uptime at our server!
Suggested solution:
insert:
mysql_free_result(result);
before line 214:
return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
and before line 229:
return retvalue;
This works for us.
Forgot to mention, this problem occur in latest v0.4.7 release
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Looking all the bugs, this one seems the more problematic.
Do you know if it this has been corrected in the cvs ??
The last important correction I see is the one from Kyle:
pam_mysql.c revision 1.10
fixing this:
[patch #103719] fix for bug #131467 (segfault)
Fixes buffer overflow in parseArgs()
Anyone has got the same problem described here ?
Is it happening in the debian package 0.4.7 ? (This bug is
not registered in debian.org)
Vincent, How good is you suggested solution, after more than
one year ?
Thank you in advance,
Julin
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I just added the suggested changes to cvs. However, I dont'
have a debian machine to test with. It compiles cleanly. :)
If possible, please test.