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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   (yes 7 | head -11; echo 1) | sort --p=1 -S32b -u
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
 
+  sort -u could read freed memory.
+  For example, this evokes a read from freed memory:
+  perl -le 'print "a\n"."0"x900'|valgrind sort --p=1 -S32b -u>/dev/null
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
+
 ** New features
 
   rm now accepts the --dir (-d) option which makes it remove empty directories.