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0004280unrealircdpublic2014-03-14 01:142014-03-14 01:14
Reporterpeterkingalexander Assigned Tosyzop  
PriorityurgentSeveritycrashReproducibilityrandom
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformLinuxOSDebianOS Version6
Product Version3.2.10.1 
Fixed in Version3.2.10.2 
Summary0004280: Intermittent crashes of the ircd when a user joins
DescriptionOn a network of approx 400 users, the ircd will randomly crash in intervals of between a couple days and a couple weeks. Since the crash seems MOTD related, here's the one currently in use: https://pastee.org/9cade

The backtrace is attached. Services are run through Anope.
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Attached Files
backtrace.txt (3,137 bytes)
3rd party modules

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syzop

2013-11-03 21:56

administrator   ~0017985

Thanks for the report.

Could you send over the following files to [email protected] or upload them somewhere and post a link?
1) The file named 'core'
2) The ircd binary, usually 'src/ircd'
3) commands.so, usually 'src/modules/commands.so'

This would enable me to look into this crash in more detail.

Thanks!

kotoko

2013-11-04 19:20

reporter   ~0017986

Email sent—thanks for looking into this!

syzop

2013-11-04 21:26

administrator   ~0017987

Thanks a lot. There seems to be a problem in 3.2.10's I/O engine.
I'll verify my theory & find a proper solution and (stress) test it... this may take a few days as I have to work extra at my other (paid) job. The final solution is probably only to change a few lines, but of course this needs to be done with great care.. don't want to create a new issue when resolving the first one :)

Thanks again for the core dump and other files, this helped a lot.

kotoko

2013-11-09 08:13

reporter   ~0017988

Just an update: it crashed twice today again. If you'd like more core dumps, I can provide them.

syzop

2013-11-09 13:49

administrator   ~0017989

Last edited: 2013-11-09 13:50

 If you can, try this patch:
http://www.vulnscan.org/tmp/3.2.10.1-f1.patch

On the shell you type, in your Unreal3.2.10.1 directory:
patch --dry-run -p1 </the/location/to/3.2.10.1-f1.patch
If this does not raise any alarm bells (should be just 'Patching ...' with some possible 'FUZZ', nothing else), then run the command for real:
patch -p1 </the/location/to/3.2.10.1-f1.patch

Once the patch is applied, re-run 'make', and 'make install'

The IRCd then needs to be restarted, unfortunately a /REHASH or reload is insufficient.

This patch actually addresses a number of issues.

Let me know your results, especially if they are negative ;)

kotoko

2013-11-09 21:05

reporter   ~0017990

Just applied the patch and restarted the server: so far so good. Sometimes it would take a number of days for the bug to manifest, so I'll keep monitoring it.

syzop

2013-11-09 21:17

administrator   ~0017991

Ok, thanks :)

kotoko

2013-11-16 18:31

reporter   ~0017992

After a week, the IRCd is still stable. Thanks for taking care of this issue so quickly!

syzop

2013-11-17 15:03

administrator   ~0017993

Great. Thanks for letting me know.

syzop

2013-11-23 11:40

administrator   ~0017994

Thanks for your help in this, really appreciated.

This issue has been resolved in 3.2.10.2 (using the same patch as linked earlier)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-03-14 01:14 peterkingalexander New Issue
2014-03-14 01:14 peterkingalexander Issue generated from: 0004243