https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1 Summary: syslog-ng crashes when /etc/eventlog.conf exists Product: syslog-ng Version: 2.1.x Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi@balabit.hu ReportedBy: bazsi@balabit.hu Estimated Hours: 0.0 Hi ! When /etc/eventlog.conf exists and contains "[hello]" (for example), syslog-ng segfaults at start. Here is the end of strace output: uname({sys="Linux", node="naruto", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8088000 brk(0x80a9000) = 0x80a9000 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1082, ...}) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1082, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7c000 read(3, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\f\0"..., 4096) = 1082 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7f7c000, 4096) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x804aae0, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x804aaf0, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804aaf0, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x804ab00, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {0x804ab10, [], SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0 gettimeofday({1192688001, 803861}, NULL) = 0 open("/etc/eventlog.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f7c000 read(3, "[hello]\n", 4096) = 8 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- kill(12421, SIGSEGV) = 0 sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ Process 12421 detached I did not find any documentation about /etc/eventlog.conf file. I have found this bug because such file was created by an unrelated application. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages syslog-ng depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries Versions of packages syslog-ng recommends: ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility -- no debconf information -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.balabit.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.