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Linux Mint 17 (Qiana), Cinnamon 64-bit, kernel 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ghostscript version 9.10
When Ghostscript searches for a specified font, if that font is not
found in the Fontmap file, memory consumption shoots up, the system
starts swapping and hangs.
Tested on system (see above) with ~ 2GB memory.
A simple way to reproduce, is to use the following procedure to attempt
to display a font:
1) Invoke ghostscript on 'prfont.ps'
$ gs /usr/share/ghostscript/9.10/lib/prfont.ps
GPL Ghostscript 9.10 (2013-08-30)
Copyright (C) 2013 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font from
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021003l.pfb... 3896292 2355421 3853784 2540955
1 done.
GS>
2) At Ghostscript prompt, specify a random fontname - which we know does
not exist - to 'DoFont':
GS>/Somefont DoFont
Can't find (or can't open) font file
/usr/share/ghostscript/9.10/Resource/Font/Somefont.
Can't find (or can't open) font file Somefont.
Querying operating system for font files...
Result: memory usage maxes out, system swaps and hangs.
I expected Ghostscript to conclude the font search (without exhausating
system resources!) and to report failure to locate the specified font.
This problem always occurs, and affects any other program which invokes
ghostscript and triggers a font search.
** Affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ghostscript runaway memory consumption during font search
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1359715
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