#948858 rtorrent: Segfaults with "session.save = yes"

Package:
rtorrent
Source:
rtorrent
Description:
ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa
Submitter:
Guillem Jover
Date:
2026-07-15 17:21:02 UTC
Severity:
important
#948858#5
Date:
2020-01-14 00:50:34 UTC
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To:
Hi!

I got very confused when restarting rtorrent after the latest
upgrade, it just started crashing. The relevant part in the config
was something like this:

  session.path.set = ~/.state/rtorrent/
  session.save = yes

The last entry makes it segfault. I've just removed it now. If the
option or its arguments are not correct it should error out properly,
instead of segfaulting w/o any indication of what was wrong. :)

(I initially thought the session files had been damaged or similar.)

Thanks,
Guillem
#948858#10
Date:
2020-04-05 18:54:22 UTC
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To:
Fix NULL pointer dereference
https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/pull/977/commits/09301fecc95857ae43c3d8abbe46ba34d8b09586
#948858#15
Date:
2026-07-15 17:19:45 UTC
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To:
Fixed upstream by https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/pull/929

J.