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bug #15768: egrep hangs on \x{N} for 0x6000<=N<=0x6989

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Thu 16 Feb 2006 09:04:45 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  None
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Open/Closed:  Closed

Fri 04 Dec 2009 07:56:05 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Unclear, no hope to reproduce after three and a half years.

Paolo Bonzini <bonzini>
Thu 16 Feb 2006 09:04:45 AM UTC, original submission:  

In egrep 2.5.1 under Linux 2.4.5 on i686
expressions of the form \x{N} where  6000 <= N <= 6989 (hex), e.g.
\x{6581}, cause egrep to hang with 100% CPU usage. This does not happen with grep or fgrep. This is not a joke.

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    2009-12-04 bonzini Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Summaryegrep hangs on \\x{N} for 0x6000&lt;=N&lt;=0x6989 egrep hangs on \x{N} for 0x6000<=N<=0x6989

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