Security Advisories (19)
The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/08e3451d7b3b714ad63a27f1b9c2a23ee75d15ee
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5260delta.pod
regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16947
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/66bbb51b93253a3f87d11c2695cfb7bdb782184a
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17743
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5283delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5303delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5320delta
Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3c
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5283delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5303delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5320delta
Perl before 5.30.3 on 32-bit platforms allows a heap-based buffer overflow because nested regular expression quantifiers have an integer overflow.
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/897d1f7fd515b828e4b198d8b8bef76c6faf03ed
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5283delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5303delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5320delta
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5244delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5262delta
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16143
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132227
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5244delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5262delta
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5244delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5262delta
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16098
Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131649
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/19a498a461d7c81ae3507c450953d1148efecf4f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646751
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer over-read via a crafted regular expression that triggers disclosure of sensitive information from process memory.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133192
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/43b2f4ef399e2fd7240b4eeb0658686ad95f8e62
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646738
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.0 before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=133423
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646734
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5281delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5263delta
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5281delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5263delta
Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\\N{U+...}' escape.
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852
- http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16025
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5243delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5280delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5261delta
Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1
- https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/96c83ed78aeea1a0496dd2b2d935869a822dc8a5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492091
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100860
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131582
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16021
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5243delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5261delta
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5280delta
The (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, and (3) S_reghopmaybe3 functions in regexec.c in Perl before 5.24.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted utf-8 data, as demonstrated by "a\x80."
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183592.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86707
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
In Perl before 5.38.2, S_parse_uniprop_string in regcomp.c can write to unallocated space because a property name associated with a \p{...} regular expression construct is mishandled. The earliest affected version is 5.30.0.
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Perl. When there are non-ASCII bytes in the left-hand-side of the `tr` operator, `S_do_trans_invmap` can overflow the destination pointer `d`. $ perl -e '$_ = "\x{FF}" x 1000000; tr/\xFF/\x{100}/;' Segmentation fault (core dumped) It is believed that this vulnerability can enable Denial of Service and possibly Code Execution attacks on platforms that lack sufficient defenses.
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/87f42aa0e0096e9a346c9672aa3a0bd3bef8c1dd.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/changes
- https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/13/4
Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1098226
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/918bfff86ca8d6d4e4ec5b30994451e0bd74aba9.patch
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/10387
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/23010
- https://perldoc.perl.org/5.14.0/perl5136delta#Directory-handles-not-copied-to-threads
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/22/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/30/4
Perl for Windows relies on the system path environment variable to find the shell (cmd.exe). When running an executable which uses Windows Perl interpreter, Perl attempts to find and execute cmd.exe within the operating system. However, due to path search order issues, Perl initially looks for cmd.exe in the current working directory. An attacker with limited privileges can exploit this behavior by placing cmd.exe in locations with weak permissions, such as C:\ProgramData. By doing so, when an administrator attempts to use this executable from these compromised locations, arbitrary code can be executed.
(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.
- https://perldoc.perl.org/5.24.1/perldelta
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FBQOCV3GBAN2EYZUM3CFDJ4ECA3GZOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOFRQWJRP2NQJEYEWOMECVW3HAMD5SYN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZBNQH3DMI7HDELJAZ4TFJJANHXOEDWH/
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2FBQOCV3GBAN2EYZUM3CFDJ4ECA3GZOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOFRQWJRP2NQJEYEWOMECVW3HAMD5SYN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TZBNQH3DMI7HDELJAZ4TFJJANHXOEDWH/
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=127834
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07
NAME
valgrindpp.pl - A post processor for make test.valgrind
SYNOPSIS
valgrindpp.pl [--dir=dir] [--frames=number] [--hide=identifier] [--lines] [--output-file=file] [--tests] [--top=number] [--verbose]
DESCRIPTION
valgrindpp.pl is a post processor for .valgrind files created during make test.valgrind. It collects all these files, extracts most of the information and produces a significantly shorter summary of all detected memory access errors and memory leaks.
OPTIONS
- --dir=dir
-
Recursively process .valgrind files in dir. If this options is not given, valgrindpp.pl must be run from either the perl source or the t directory and will process all .valgrind files within the distribution.
- --frames=number
-
Number of stack frames within the perl source code to consider when distinguishing between memory leak sources. Increasing this value will give you a longer backtrace, while decreasing the number will show you fewer sources for memory leaks. The default is 3 frames.
- --hide=identifier
-
Hide all memory leaks that have identifier in their backtrace. Useful if you want to hide leaks from functions that are known to have lots of memory leaks. identifier can also be a regular expression, in which case all leaks with symbols matching the expression are hidden. Can be given multiple times.
- --lines
-
Show line numbers for stack frames. This is useful for further increasing the error/leak resolution, but makes it harder to compare different reports using diff.
- --output-file=file
-
Redirect the output into file. If this option is not given, the output goes to stdout.
- --tests
-
List all tests that trigger memory access errors or memory leaks explicitly instead of only printing a count.
- --top=number
-
List the top number test scripts for memory access errors and memory leaks. Set to
0for no top-n statistics. - --verbose
-
Increase verbosity level. Can be given multiple times.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2003 by Marcus Holland-Moritz <mhx@cpan.org>.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Module Install Instructions
To install vars, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm vars
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install vars
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.