VARIABLES 

Analysis:
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After executing the query, new value of the user defined
variables are set in the function "select_dumpvar::send_data".
"select_dumpvar::send_data" first calls function 
"Item_func_set_user_var::save_item_result()". This function
checks the nullness of the Item_field passed as parameter 
to it and saves it. The nullness of item is stored with 
arg[0]'s null_value flag. Then "select_dumpvar::send_data" calls
"Item_func_set_user_var::update()" which notices null 
result that was saved and calls "Item_func_set_user_var::
update_hash". But here null_value is not set and args[0]
is different from that given to function "Item_func_set_user_var::
set_item_result()". This causes "Item_func_set_user_var::
update_hash" function to believe that its getting non-null value.
"user_var_entry::length" set to 0 and hence "user_var_entry::value"
is made to point to extra_area allocated in "user_var_entry".
And "Item_func_set_user_var::update_hash" tries to write
at memory beyond extra_area for result type DECIMAL. Because of 
this invalid write issue is reported by Valgrind.

Before this bug was introduced, we avoided this problem by 
creating "Item_func_set_user_var" object with the same 
Item_field as arg[0] and as parameter to 
Item_func_set_user_var::save_item_result(). But now 
they are refering to different args[0]. Because of this
null_value flag set in parameter Item_field in function
"Item_func_set_user_var::save_item_result()" is not
reflected in "Item_func_set_user_var" object.

Fix:
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This issue is reported on versions 5.5.24. Issue does not exists
in 5.5.23, 5.1, 5.6 and trunk.

This issue was introduced by
revid:georgi.kodinov@oracle.com-20120309130449-82e3bs5v3et1x0ef (fix for
bug #12408412), which was pushed into 5.5 and later releases. This patch
has later been reversed in 5.6 and trunk by
revid:norvald.ryeng@oracle.com-20121010135242-xj34gg73h04hrmyh (fix for
bug #14664077). Backported this patch in 5.5 also to fix this issue.