Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 160482
segfault while using imap-folders
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:07 EST
Description of problem: Mutt segfaults when trying to access imap-folder. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : mutt Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.4.2.1 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 2 Build Date: Mon Mar 7 23:44:48 2005 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. mutt -f imap://localhost 2. "Username at localhost: something" [enter] -> Segmentation fault Actual results: Segmentation fault Expected results: contents of imap folder Additional info: If using mutt -f imaps://localhost/ it works, but with imap:// it doesn't.
Probably a duplicate of bug 157521.
If cyrus-sasl-plain package is installed, imaps://localhost works. But if it isn't, then both imaps and imap segfaults. Problem maybe in sasl libraries?
I can't reproduce this, even with cyrus-sasl-plain uninstalled.
Bill, are you testing this on a vanilla FC4 installation? I've two fresh FC4 installs, both of which show the problem (but not on every mutt invokation, perhaps 50% of the time it segfaults.) However, a Fedora Rawhide installation (same mutt version, same mutt version 1.4.2.1-2, same cyrus-sasl 2.1.20-5). All x86 UP. The rawhide box runs 2.6.12-rc4, the FC4's have the FC4 UP kernel. Of the two FC4 installs, another has cyrus-sasl-plain, another doesn't. It's just a bit random, but it is reproducible.
I just tested again and now imap:// and imaps:// works. Strange. So somehow the bug might be related to the IMAP server. I am running dovecot-0.99.14-4.fc4. I also upgraded from FC3 -> FC4 (as opposed to a clean install). It is possible that I have rebooted or that I have restarted dovecot since reporting this problem. I noticed some changes in /etc/doveconf.conf between FC3 and FC4, specifically these lines changed (FC4 version shown below): ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
I'm seeing this same problem, but it's intermittant. I'm talking to a courier-imap server, running mutt on a machine that was upgraded from FC3 to FC4 last week. The first few times I run it in the morning, it segfaults. When I tried running it with strace, it worked, and has worked since then. I suspect tomorrow morning, I'll have the same problem the first couple of times I run mutt. Restarting courier has no effect. Yay heisenbugs. ;-)
Created attachment 115609 [details] mutt failure strace output Here's the strace output of a failed mutt startup. Also, here's the gdb traceback; not very useful, but anyway: SSL connection using TLSv1/SSLv3 (AES256-SHA) Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0028f9e3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 (gdb) where #0 0x0028f9e3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 #1 0xbfa0ce3c in ?? () #2 0x0029e8ed in sasl_seterror () from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 #3 0x00295f32 in sasl_client_start () from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 #4 0x080ba339 in ?? () #5 0x0a052b20 in ?? () #6 0x0a044a38 in ?? () #7 0xbfa0e394 in ?? () #8 0xbfa0e38c in ?? () #9 0xbfa0e384 in ?? () #10 0xbfa0e390 in ?? () #11 0x00000000 in ?? () (gdb)
Hm, that backtrace might be more useful with the mutt and cyrus-sasl debuginfo packages installed.
Absolutely right. Let's try that again: #0 0x001119e3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 #1 0xbfd547cc in ?? () #2 0x001208ed in sasl_seterror (conn=0x9bb8b20, flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at ../../lib/seterror.c:260 #3 0x00117f32 in sasl_client_start (conn=0x9bb8b20, mechlist=0x9baaa38 "IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE AUTH=PLAIN ACL ACL2=UNION", prompt_need=0xbfd55d24, clientout=0xbfd55d1c, clientoutlen=0xbfd55d14, mech=0xbfd55d20) at ../../lib/client.c:570 #4 0x080ba339 in imap_auth_sasl (idata=0x9ba6990, method=0x9baaa38 "IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE AUTH=PLAIN ACL ACL2=UNION") at auth_sasl.c:72 #5 0x080b9a99 in imap_authenticate (idata=0x9ba6990) at auth.c:96 #6 0x080b4f27 in imap_open_connection (idata=0x9ba6990) at imap.c:416 #7 0x080b6036 in imap_conn_find (account=0xbfd57204, flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at imap.c:356 #8 0x080b661d in imap_open_mailbox (ctx=0x9ba79e8) at imap.c:521 #9 0x0807f33d in mx_open_mailbox ( path=0xbfd57a94 "imap://esm@localhost/INBOX", flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at mx.c:694 #10 0x08075e4e in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfd57c94) at main.c:839 #11 0x00177de6 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 #12 0x0804c511 in _start ()
Assigning to cyrus-sasl for now.
I get the same behaviour when using cyrus-imapd as a server. The problem comes and goes. Sometimes if I execute mutt multiple times in a row, it eventually works. Sometimes it doesn't work at all until the next day. (I had it stop working for 3 or 4 days, and then suddenly start working again every time) The stack trace looks consistent with the stack trace that I've seen.
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.
These products have been moved to end of life, please use a later release.