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Bug 1743235 - journalctl dumps core when stack limit is reduced to 256 KB
Summary: journalctl dumps core when stack limit is reduced to 256 KB
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: systemd
Version: 8.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Jan Synacek
QA Contact: Frantisek Sumsal
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-19 12:28 UTC by Renaud Métrich
Modified: 2023-02-12 23:02 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: systemd-239-19.el8
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Last Closed: 2020-04-28 16:45:02 UTC
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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-28674 0 None None None 2023-02-12 23:02:42 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 4357001 0 None None None 2019-08-19 14:37:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1794 0 None None None 2020-04-28 16:45:20 UTC

Description Renaud Métrich 2019-08-19 12:28:52 UTC
This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1743230

I am copying this bug because: it also applies to RHEL8



Description of problem:

When reducing the stack limit for the user executing journalctl to 256KB, journalctl command dumps core:

$ ulimit -s 256
$ journalctl
Segmentation fault

This also affects RHEL8


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

systemd-219, systemd-239 and upstream


How reproducible:

Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a user

# useradd user

2. Switch to user and set limit

# su - user
$ ulimit -s 256

3. Execute journalctl command

$ journalctl


Actual results:

Segmentation fault


Expected results:

"
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
      Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
      turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
"

Comment 2 Jan Synacek 2019-09-18 08:38:36 UTC
https://github.com/systemd-rhel/rhel-8/pull/23

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-28 16:45:02 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1794


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