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george long
Asked: 2016-10-24 01:36:14 +0800 CST

clamav error: mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 8388608 bytes

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Following error is showed when starting clamd;

freshclam[26882]: [LibClamAV] mpool_malloc():Attempt to allocate 8388608 bytes. Please report to http://bugs.clamav.net

I have lots of RAM memory unused on my linuxOS, but this error keeps showing on the display,I couldn't start clamd daemon because of the error. And now I can't send or receive emails.

Could you tell us the cause of this error and how to solve it?

postfix clamav amavis

5 Answers

  1. Yeah, it hit me too, here is the bug report: https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11647

    Upgrade to a new version. I guess you have 0.97 version.

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  2. I have the same errors on 8 Servers since yesterday. All Server are Zimbra servers.

    I have fixed the problems with updating the Zimbra to new release.

    But at one i do not have the option to update.

    I think it is a Bug in an old clamd release.

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  3. Same problem with me too. I upgraded the clamav package and restarted the clamd and postfix service. It worked for me.

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  4. In our case (Debian Wheezy) we also had to update the package clamav-freshclam. Maybe the mismatch between clamAV and freshclam had something to do with the error. 

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam
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  5. Im my case running freshclam manually solved the problem.

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