# Crashes with recently released ruby (1.8.6p230)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [June 23, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170 "2008-06-23T06:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170/1 "2008-06-23T06:05:16Z")

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Hi folks,

Has anyone had problems with 1.8.6p230 and Radiant? We have four sites,  
two on 0.6.6 and two on 0.6.3. They all crashed when they were first  
accessed after upgrading from an earlier 1.8.6 patch level. Each crash  
generated one message in the mongrel log, one of:

\*\*\* glibc detected \*\*\* free(): invalid next size (normal):  
0x000000000142dc30 \*\*\*

\*\*\* glibc detected \*\*\* free(): invalid pointer: 0x00000000014dd550 \*\*\*

\*\*\* glibc detected \*\*\* double free or corruption (!prev):  
0x0000000001978770 \*\*\*

The last error was common to the 0.6.6 sites, whereas the other two came  
from different 0.6.3 sites. Memory addresses varied during different  
attempts.

This is an up-to-date CentOS 4 box, x86\_64, with glibc 2.3.4-2.39. The  
problem disappeared after rolling back to the older patch level.

–James

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**Author:** ![byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170/2 "2008-06-23T07:32:56Z")

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James Blanding wrote:

> This is an up-to-date CentOS 4 box, x86\_64, with glibc 2.3.4-2.39. The  
> problem disappeared after rolling back to the older patch level.
> 
> –James

James,

I read on the Ruby mailing list that the new version breaks Rails.

Cheers,  
Mohit.  
6/23/2008 | 1:30 PM.

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**Author:** ![byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170/3 "2008-06-23T07:58:05Z")

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Mohit S. wrote:

> > […]
> 
> James,
> 
> I read on the Ruby mailing list that the new version breaks Rails.
> 
> Cheers,  
> Mohit.  
> 6/23/2008 | 1:30 PM.

Ah, I see you’re right. I had thought it was Radiant-specific because  
my two sites that don’t run Radiant seemed to load fine. I did not test  
any further than the front pages, however. Perhaps if I had clicked  
around, those apps would have also gone down.

Oh well, hopefully things will be fixed soon.

Thanks,

–James

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**Author:** ![byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@byrnejb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/byrnejb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170/4 "2008-06-23T18:56:40Z")

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Apparently the Phusion guys have backported the security fixes to  
1.8.6-p111 in their Ruby Enterprise edition. Might be worth checking  
out if you’re stuck between security issues and a broken ruby.

> **[Ruby 1.8.6-p230/1.8.7 broke your app? Ruby Enterprise Edition to the rescue!](https://old.blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/)**
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> For those who don’t know, a number of security vulnerabilities in Ruby have recently been discovered. Affected Ruby versions are: All versions prior to 1.8.5 All 1.8.5 versions prior to patch…

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**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/crashes-with-recently-released-ruby-1-8-6p230/141170/5 "2008-06-23T19:44:51Z")

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john muhl wrote:

> Apparently the Phusion guys have backported the security fixes to  
> 1.8.6-p111 in their Ruby Enterprise edition. Might be worth checking  
> out if you’re stuck between security issues and a broken ruby.
> 
> [Ruby 1.8.6-p230/1.8.7 broke your app? Ruby Enterprise Edition to the rescue! - Phusion Blog](http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/)

Looks like they are trying to take these fixes and make an unofficial  
1.8.6 patch:  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034)

- Dave