I can't reproduce this bug anymore with GCC 4.7 (but still with GCC 4.6). So it seems this was a GCC bug which is now fixed.
** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839001 Title: Wrong memory access with strlen() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/839001/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs