[syslog-ng] [Bug 245] New: syslog-ng 3.4.3 / 3.4.2 add bogus characters to /var/log/ messages

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https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=245

           Summary: syslog-ng 3.4.3 / 3.4.2 add bogus characters to
                    /var/log/messages
           Product: syslog-ng
           Version: 3.4.x
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: unspecified
         Component: syslog-ng
        AssignedTo: bazsi at balabit.hu
        ReportedBy: himbeere at meine-oma.de
Type of the Report: bug
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


Hello.

Suddenly my syslog-ng adds bogus characters to /var/log/messages like this:

Aug 16 21:40:56 hn2 syslog-ng[2009]: syslog-ng shutting down; version='3.4.2'
Aug 16 21:41:44 hn2 syslog-ng[1994]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.4.3'
Aug 16 21:41:44 hn2 syslog-ng[1994]: Internal error, alarm_set() called while an alarm is still active;
Aug 16 21:41:44
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
kernel: [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Aug 16 21:41:44 hn2 kernel: [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Aug 16 21:41:44 hn2 kernel: [    0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Aug 16 21:41:44 hn2 kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 3.10.7 (root at hn2) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Gentoo 4.6.3 p1.13, pie-0.5.2) ) #2 SMP Fri Aug 16 21:17:31 CEST
2013

This leads to an unreadable file. Well i can open the file with vi and then it looks okay. But with less it looks like this:

00000000  41 75 67 20 31 36 20 32  31 3a 32 37 3a 34 36 20  |Aug 16 21:27:46 |
00000010  68 6e 32 20 73 79 73 6c  6f 67 2d 6e 67 5b 32 38  |hn2 syslog-ng[28|
00000020  38 31 5d 3a 20 73 79 73  6c 6f 67 2d 6e 67 20 73  |81]: syslog-ng s|
00000030  74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20  75 70 3b 20 76 65 72 73  |tarting up; vers|
00000040  69 6f 6e 3d 27 33 2e 34  2e 32 27 0a 41 75 67 20  |ion='3.4.2'.Aug |
00000050  31 36 20 32 31 3a 32 38  3a 30 33 20 68 6e 32 20  |16 21:28:03 hn2 |
00000060  73 68 75 74 64 6f 77 6e  5b 32 38 39 35 5d 3a 20  |shutdown[2895]: |
00000070  73 68 75 74 74 69 6e 67  20 64 6f 77 6e 20 66 6f  |shutting down fo|
00000080  72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d  20 72 65 62 6f 6f 74 0a  |r system reboot.|
00000090  41 75 67 20 31 36 20 32  31 3a 32 38 3a 30 33 20  |Aug 16 21:28:03 |
000000a0  68 6e 32 20 69 6e 69 74  3a 20 53 77 69 74 63 68  |hn2 init: Switch|
000000b0  69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 72  75 6e 6c 65 76 65 6c 3a  |ing to runlevel:|
000000c0  20 36 0a 41 75 67 20 31  36 20 32 31 3a 32 38 3a  | 6.Aug 16 21:28:|

Is there any solution to this?

Thanks and best regards
t.


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