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

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Submitted on:  Thu 16 Feb 2006 09:04:45 AM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
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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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      Summaryegrep hangs on \\x{N} for 0x6000<=N<=0x6989=>egrep hangs on \x{N} for 0x6000<=N<=0x6989

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