Bug 1328490

Summary: sadc can fwd SIGINT to init process and cause reboot
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Filip Krska <fkrska>
Component: sysstatAssignee: Peter Schiffer <pschiffe>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Branislav Náter <bnater>
Severity: high Docs Contact: Milan Navratil <mnavrati>
Priority: high    
Version: 7.2CC: bnater, isenfeld, mnavrati, pdwyer, pschiffe, sbandyop, yozone
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: EasyFix, Patch, Reproducer, Upstream
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The system is no longer rebooted unexpectedly due to SIGINT passed by "sadc" Due to a race condition, the "sadc" command sometimes passed the SIGINT signal to the init process. As a consequence, the system could be unexpectedly rebooted. This update adds a verification that the SIGINT signal is not sent to the init process. As a result, the system is no longer rebooted unexpectedly.
 Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2016-11-04 03:48:04 UTC Type: Bug
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Filip Krska 2016-04-19 13:50:01 UTC 
Description of problem:

Due to race condition sadc can pass SIGINT to init process and cause unexpected reboot.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

sysstat-10.1.5-7.el7.x86_64


How reproducible:

Easily


Steps to Reproduce:
1. create script

# cat /tmp/sadc_loop.sh 
while true;do
  sar 10 2 -u -P ALL -r -n DEV
done

2. execute

# /tmp/sadc_loop.sh

3. press ^C often


Actual results:

ctrl-alt-del.target is invoked soon

Expected results:

No signal is passed to init process, no reboot can be invoked.

Additional info:

Upstream issue, patch candidate:

https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/issues/33

https://github.com/sysstat/sysstat/commit/c3de69658006af0e0e3b7746e8646b8b4cdd2860
Comment 5 Branislav Náter 2016-08-29 13:31:06 UTC 
Reproduced on sysstat-10.1.5-7.el7, system was rebooted after pressing ctrl+c.
Verified on sysstat-10.1.5-11.el7. No reboot was invoked by pressing ctrl+c several times.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 03:48:04 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2327.html