munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer
In the function second()
, the assignment word = "ab";
assigns a new pointer to word
, overwriting the pointer obtained through malloc()
. When you call free()
on the pointer later on, the program crashes because you pass a pointer to free()
that has not been obtained through malloc()
.
Assigning string literals does not have the effect of copying their content as you might have thought. To copy the content of a string literal, use strcpy()
:
strcpy(word, "ab");
In function char * second
char * word = malloc(sizeof(char) * 10);
word = "ab";
The second statement word = "ab";
changes word
to point away from the allocated memory.You are not copying the string "ab"
to the area of heap allocated by malloc
.
And to free
a memory that is not allocated by malloc
or similar functions crashes your program.
Attempting to free an invalid pointer (a pointer to a memory block that was not allocated by calloc, malloc, or realloc) may affect subsequent allocation requests and cause errors.
You should use here strcpy
as also suggested by others.