problematic code:... /* sizeof(char) is one by definition - but nevermind */ buffer = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*(length + 1)); buf = &buffer; freeMe = buffer; FS_Read(buffer, length, &file); /* buffer seems to point to some uninitialized memory */ /*printf("buffer=[%s]",buffer);*/ /* *buf appears to point to some uninitalized memory */ /*printf("**buf=[%c]",**buf);*/ tbuf = *buf; tc = *tbuf++; while(tc) { /* <- sv_main.c:896 */ printf("\'%c\'[%d]", tc, (int)tc); if (tbuf == &buffer[length-1]) { tc = '+'; } else { tc = *tbuf; } tbuf++; } do { tokenMap = COM_Parse(buf); /* <- sv_main.c:907 */...related console output:...'/'[47]'*'[42]''[10]' '[32]'*'[42]' '[32]'m'[109]'a'[97]'p'[112]'c'[99]'y'[121]'c'[99]'l'[108]'e'[101]' '[32]'f'[102]'o'[111]'r'[114]' '[32]'U'[85]'F'[70]'O'[79]':'[58]'A'[65]'I'[73]' '[32]'s'[115]'e'[101]'r'[114]'v'[118]'e'[101]'r'[114]''[10]' '[32]'*'[42]' '[32]'f'[102]'o'[111]'r'[114]'m'[109]'a'[97]'t'[116]':'[58]''[10]' '[32]'*'[42]' '[32]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]'-'[45]''[10]' '[32]'*'[42]' '[32]'['[91]'m'[109]'a'[97]'p'[112]'n'[110]'a'[97]'m'[109]'e'[101]']'[93]' '[32]'['[91]'g'[103]'a'[97]'m'[109]'e'[101]'t'[116]'y'[121]'p'[112]'e'[101]']'[93]''[10]' '[32]'*'[42]'/'[47]''[10]''[10]'i'[105]'n'[110]'d'[100]'u'[117]'s'[115]'t'[116]'r'[114]'i'[105]'a'[97]'l'[108]'0'[48]'6'[54]'n'[110]' '[32]'c'[99]'o'[111]'o'[111]'p'[112]'2'[50]''[10]'i'[105]'t'[116]'a'[97]'l'[108]'y'[121]'0'[48]'5'[53]'d'[100]' '[32]'1'[49]'o'[111]'n'[110]'1'[49]''[10]'f'[102]'a'[97]'r'[114]'m'[109]'0'[48]'8'[56]'n'[110]' '[32]'c'[99]'o'[111]'o'[111]'p'[112]'3'[51]'==31091== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)==31091== at 0x48EC29: SV_ParseMapcycle (sv_main.c:896)==31091== by 0x48F51D: SV_Init (sv_main.c:1144)==31091== by 0x47A6D3: Qcommon_Init (common.c:1552)==31091== by 0x49D7F6: main (sys_linux.c:538)==31091== ==31091== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)==31091== at 0x4959B3: COM_Parse (q_shared.c:1641)==31091== by 0x48EC33: SV_ParseMapcycle (sv_main.c:907)==31091== by 0x48F51D: SV_Init (sv_main.c:1144)==31091== by 0x47A6D3: Qcommon_Init (common.c:1552)==31091== by 0x49D7F6: main (sys_linux.c:538)==31091== ==31091== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)==31091== at 0x495984: COM_Parse (q_shared.c:1642)==31091== by 0x48EC33: SV_ParseMapcycle (sv_main.c:907)==31091== by 0x48F51D: SV_Init (sv_main.c:1144)==31091== by 0x47A6D3: Qcommon_Init (common.c:1552)==31091== by 0x49D7F6: main (sys_linux.c:538)'[10]..added 3 maps to the mapcycle...