Bug 813084

Summary:	rsyslog segfaults when configured with disk queue with non-existent (unnamed) spool file
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Tomas Heinrich <theinric>
Component:	rsyslog	Assignee:	Tomas Heinrich <theinric>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Dalibor Pospíšil <dapospis>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.2	CC:	azelinka, dapospis, jrieden, pvrabec
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	6.3
Hardware:	Unspecified
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Doc Text:	In certain error cases, deinitialization of nonexistent data took place. When configured to use a disk assisted queue without specifying a spool file, the daemon aborted. The code was modified to handle the error cases gracefully. The daemon doesn't abort when the above mentioned error occurs.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 06:59:07 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	805204

Description Tomas Heinrich 2012-04-16 20:23:25 UTC

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsyslog 5.8.7 and older.

Steps to Reproduce:
/tmp/rsyslog.conf:
  $actionqueuetype disk
  *.* /tmp/all.log
Run
$ /sbin/rsyslogd -c 5 -dnf /tmp/rsyslog.conf

<...>
Aborted (core dumped)

Additional info:
Will be fixed by a rebase to upstream version 5.8.10.

Comment 4 Tomas Heinrich 2012-05-03 17:26:48 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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    New Contents:
In certain error cases, deinitialization of nonexistent data took place.
When configured to use a disk assisted queue without specifying a spool file, the daemon aborted.
The code was modified to handle the error cases gracefully.
The daemon doesn't abort when the above mentioned error occurs.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 06:59:07 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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0796.html