mysqladmin crash on execution of below command: #> mysqladmin -u root -p ... Segmentation fault (core dumped) This is probably caused by memory corruption based on working with temp_argv[-1]. RHBZ: #1207041 Upstream report: https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-7883 diff -up mariadb-5.5.41/client/mysqladmin.cc.bz1207041 mariadb-5.5.41/client/mysqladmin.cc --- mariadb-5.5.41/client/mysqladmin.cc.bz1207041 2015-03-30 12:37:31.078880914 +0200 +++ mariadb-5.5.41/client/mysqladmin.cc 2015-03-30 13:03:32.442152833 +0200 @@ -1215,7 +1215,8 @@ static char **mask_password(int argc, ch } argc--; } - temp_argv[argc]= my_strdup((*argv)[argc], MYF(MY_FAE)); + if (argc >= 0) + temp_argv[argc]= my_strdup((*argv)[argc], MYF(MY_FAE)); return(temp_argv); }