http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/8301 I just got this from m4ri: INPUT: C = Criterion(37, use_integral_structure=False) T2=C.T(2) T3=C.T(3) timeit('C.is_independent([T2,T3,T3,T2])') OUTPUT: *** glibc detected *** /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x000000000758b1b0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6[0x7ff8a05dedd6] /lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6c)[0x7ff8a05e374c] /home/wstein/sage/local/lib/libm4ri-0.0.20091101.so(_mzd_apply_p_right_e\ ven+0x2fb)[0x7ff882c3259b] /home/wstein/sage/local/lib/libm4ri-0.0.20091101.so(_mzd_lqup_mmpf+0x499\ )[0x7ff882c3b199] /home/wstein/sage/local/lib/libm4ri-0.0.20091101.so(_mzd_lqup+0xbd)[0x7f\ f882c37e3d] /home/wstein/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sage/matrix/matrix_m\ od2_dense.so[0x7ff882e4a8d7] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x533b)[0x4a00fb] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5887)[0x4a0647] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x5887)[0x4a0647] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x8a0)[0x4a1920] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x4e8d)[0x49fc4d] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x8a0)[0x4a1920] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python[0x4f622b] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyObject_Call+0x47)[0x41b457] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x43)[0\ x499dd3] /home/wstein/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sage/misc/sage_timei\ t_class.so[0x7ff89a9ba7db] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyObject_Call+0x47)[0x41b457] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python[0x42329f] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyObject_Call+0x47)[0x41b457] /home/wstein/sage/local/bin/python(PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords+0x43)[0\ x499dd3]