Segfaulting Ruby by abusing PStore

OK, it's a dirty trick to change class definitions behind PStore's
back.  If I run these two scripts, the second segfaults, saying:

ruby_pstore_bug.rb:9: [BUG] Segmentation fault
ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i586-linux]
Aborted (core dumped)

----
#!/usr/bin/env ruby 

require 'pstore'

class Foo
  def initialize(foo)
    @foo = foo
  end
end

pstore = PStore.new('.pstore_bug.pstore')
pstore.transaction do
  pstore['foo'] = Foo.new('akdhakjsh')
end
----
#!/usr/bin/env ruby 

require 'pstore'

Foo = Struct.new(:foo)

pstore = PStore.new('.pstore_bug.pstore')
pstore.transaction do
  pstore['foo'].foo
end
----

You have to call Foo#foo to get the segfault, just extracting the
object is not enough.

I'm running Ruby 1.6.7 on GNU/Linux, kernel 2.2.20 .  I saw the same
behaviour with Ruby 1.6.6 .

Here's the gdb trace: 

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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...
Core was generated by `ruby ruby_pstore_bug.rb'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libruby.so.1.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
#0  0x40135d21 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) where
#0  0x40135d21 in __kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40135996 in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#2  0x401370b8 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88
#3  0x40032314 in rb_check_type (x=1074479568, t=1073824816) at error.c:178
#4  0x40090996 in sigsegv () at signal.c:393
#5  0x40135c48 in __restore ()
    at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c:127
#6  0x4003e4ca in call_cfunc (func=0x4009a9d0 <rb_struct_ref0>, 
    recv=1076008856, len=0, argc=0, argv=0x0) at eval.c:4260
#7  0x4003eac2 in rb_call0 (klass=1076013696, recv=1076008856, id=9001, 
    argc=0, argv=0x0, body=0x4022a60c, nosuper=1) at eval.c:4394
#8  0x4003f355 in rb_call (klass=1076013696, recv=1076008856, mid=9001, 
    argc=0, argv=0x0, scope=0) at eval.c:4614
#9  0x40039804 in rb_eval (self=1076083936, n=0x4022e89c) at eval.c:2544
#10 0x4003ca03 in rb_yield_0 (val=1076012136, self=1076083936, klass=0, 
    acheck=0) at eval.c:3622
#11 0x40038b3d in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022c2f4) at eval.c:2358
#12 0x4003a203 in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022c2e0) at eval.c:2690
#13 0x4003ca03 in rb_yield_0 (val=2332942, self=1076012136, klass=0, acheck=0)
    at eval.c:3622
#14 0x40049641 in rb_f_catch (dmy=1076012136, tag=2332942) at eval.c:9005
#15 0x4003e4dc in call_cfunc (func=0x400495a4 <rb_f_catch>, recv=1076012136, 
    len=1, argc=1, argv=0xbfffca60) at eval.c:4263
#16 0x4003eac2 in rb_call0 (klass=1076087956, recv=1076012136, id=3745, 
    argc=1, argv=0xbfffca60, body=0x4023b2e0, nosuper=1) at eval.c:4394
#17 0x4003f355 in rb_call (klass=1076087956, recv=1076012136, mid=3745, 
    argc=1, argv=0xbfffca60, scope=1) at eval.c:4614
#18 0x40039804 in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022c36c) at eval.c:2544
#19 0x4003867f in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022c2a4) at eval.c:2276
#20 0x40038beb in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022bcf0) at eval.c:2368
#21 0x40038e73 in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022cb00) at eval.c:2408
#22 0x40038e73 in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022bb10) at eval.c:2408
#23 0x40037b63 in rb_eval (self=1076012136, n=0x4022bafc) at eval.c:2025
#24 0x4003eef7 in rb_call0 (klass=1076029196, recv=1076012136, id=9025, 
    argc=0, argv=0x0, body=0x4022bafc, nosuper=0) at eval.c:4521
#25 0x4003f355 in rb_call (klass=1076029196, recv=1076012136, mid=9025, 
    argc=0, argv=0x0, scope=0) at eval.c:4614
#26 0x40039804 in rb_eval (self=1076083936, n=0x4022e950) at eval.c:2544
#27 0x4003867f in rb_eval (self=1076083936, n=0x4022ea68) at eval.c:2276
#28 0x40035298 in eval_node (self=1076083936, node=0x4022ea68) at eval.c:1057
#29 0x4003573b in ruby_run () at eval.c:1189
#30 0x8048713 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff5b4, envp=0xbffff5c0) at main.c:50
(gdb) q

Regards, 

Jeremy Henty