Balint Reczey wrote:
> Balint Reczey wrote:
>> Bill Meier wrote:
>>>> Log:
>>>> Prevent potential crash in libsmi.
>>>> From: Vincent Bernat <
bernat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Since SVN #32006 was committed, the following messages appear when
>>> tshark and Wireshark are started.
>>>
>>> For Wireshark the messages appear as popup Windows which must be
>>> dismissed !!
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> tshark: Stopped processing module SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB due to error(s) to
>>> prevent potential crash in libsmi.
>>> Module's conformance level: 0.
>>> See details at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560325
>>>
>>> tshark: Stopped processing module SNMP-MPD-MIB due to error(s) to
>>> prevent potential crash in libsmi.
>>> Module's conformance level: 0.
>>> See details at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560325
>>>
>>> tshark: Stopped processing module SNMP-PROXY-MIB due to error(s) to
>>> prevent potential crash in libsmi.
>>> Module's conformance level: 0.
>>> See details at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560325
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>>
>>> Needing to dismiss popup windows each time Wireshark is started is
>>> obviously a non-starter. :)
>>>
>>> So; What should be done ?? (I know zilch about SNMP MIBS).
>>>
>>> Bill
>> I wanted to commit the attached patch, but I realized, that preferences
>> are read _after_ loading the SMI modules. :-(
>>
>> Could we read prefs earlier, maybe twice?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Balint
>>
>
> I also asked Vincent about a potentially better workaround [1].
> We can remove the buggy(?) MIBs from the default list of MIBs to be
> loaded, but it would not help users with older preferences file. :-(
>
> I can turn the popup to a debug message, but silently skipping the
> modules does not seem to be a good idea.
>
> Cheers,
> Balint
>
> [1]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560325
>
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