[syslog-ng] 3.7.1 patterndb segmentation faults

Evan Rempel erempel at uvic.ca
Mon Sep 21 21:57:59 CEST 2015


Patch https://github.com/ihrwein/syslog-ng/commit/50f46c30d3b67d1d4bec5ef0f0afc5874d6a3d58

fixes the segmentation fault.


On 09/21/2015 12:01 PM, Evan Rempel wrote:
> So it looks like it  is the EMAIL parser in patterndb that completely fails
>
> Any use of the @EMAIL@ parser causes a segmentation fault.
>
> On 09/21/2015 09:31 AM, Evan Rempel wrote:
>> Has anyone noticed the segmentation fault in patterndb tool when testing some patterns.
>> The pattern database worked fine under syslog-ng 3.6.3 (and earlier).
>>
>>
>> [xerr at wolverine ~]$ /usr/local/bin/pdbtool --validate test --rule-id ea7cd8ed-0fb7-46d7-8a65-13f42bd8a939 pattern2.xml
>> pattern2.xml validates
>> Testing message: program='ageoutboundquota2' message='Updating S3:walkerh at uvic.ca:24.85.242.83 in  (1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 7, 3, 3, 6, 7, 7, 7, 12, 12) -> (0, 0, 1, 1, 5, 7, 3, 3, 6, 7, 7, 7, 12, 12 (Quota 100,1000))'
>> Segmentation fault
>>
>>
>> I have trimmed the pattern database down to a single program with its patterns and tests.
>>
>> I have not yet determined exactly what it is that causes this.
>>
>> Comments welcomed!
>>
>> Evan Rempel.
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Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
Senior Systems Administrator                        250.721.7691
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