Segmentation Fault Occurs when Searching for a Non-sensual Key (size 0 data and non-null) in a Recno or Queue Database

(Doc ID 553961.1)

Last updated on JUNE 15, 2018

Applies to:

Berkeley DB - Version 4.5.20 to 4.6.21
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A segmentation fault occurs when searching for a non-sensual key (non-null and 0 sized data) in a Recno or Queue database within BDB 4.6.21, instead of returning DB_NOTFOUND. This issue does not occur for a Btree or Hash database. The issue is present in 4.5.20 and 4.6.21, but not in 4.4.20.

Cause

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