$ sudo gdb /usr/sbin/glusterd core.12898 
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Reading symbols from /usr/sbin/glusterfsd...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/sbin/glusterfsd.debug...done.
done.

warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New LWP 12898]
[New LWP 12899]
[New LWP 12900]
[New LWP 12901]
[New LWP 12902]
[New LWP 12903]
[New LWP 12904]
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `glusterd --debug'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0  0x00007fbd7ad852c7 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55
55	  return INLINE_SYSCALL (tgkill, 3, pid, selftid, sig);
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007fbd7ad852c7 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:55
#1  0x00007fbd7ad869b8 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:90
#2  0x00007fbd7adc7e17 in __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7fbd7aed8492 "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:196
#3  0x00007fbd7ae66b67 in __GI___fortify_fail (msg=msg@entry=0x7fbd7aed8438 "buffer overflow detected") at fortify_fail.c:30
#4  0x00007fbd7ae64ce2 in __GI___chk_fail () at chk_fail.c:28
#5  0x00007fbd7ae643fb in ___vsnprintf_chk (s=<optimized out>, maxlen=<optimized out>, flags=<optimized out>, slen=<optimized out>, format=<optimized out>, args=args@entry=0x7ffefca6cdf8)
    at vsnprintf_chk.c:37
#6  0x00007fbd7ae64318 in ___snprintf_chk (s=s@entry=0x7ffefca6d130 "", maxlen=maxlen@entry=4096, flags=flags@entry=1, slen=slen@entry=3776, format=format@entry=0x7fbd709a8eab "%s")
    at snprintf_chk.c:35
#7  0x00007fbd70866029 in snprintf (__fmt=0x7fbd709a8eab "%s", __n=4096, __s=0x7ffefca6d130 "") at /usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:64
#8  init (this=0x557ef9f3b510) at glusterd.c:1450
#9  0x00007fbd7c740ed1 in __xlator_init (xl=0x557ef9f3b510) at xlator.c:597
#10 xlator_init (xl=xl@entry=0x557ef9f3b510) at xlator.c:623
#11 0x00007fbd7c77dbd9 in glusterfs_graph_init (graph=graph@entry=0x557ef9f37140) at graph.c:422
#12 0x00007fbd7c77e245 in glusterfs_graph_activate (graph=graph@entry=0x557ef9f37140, ctx=ctx@entry=0x557ef9ef2010) at graph.c:776
#13 0x0000557ef8287182 in glusterfs_process_volfp (ctx=ctx@entry=0x557ef9ef2010, fp=fp@entry=0x557ef9f36bb0) at glusterfsd.c:2728
#14 0x0000557ef828733d in glusterfs_volumes_init (ctx=ctx@entry=0x557ef9ef2010) at glusterfsd.c:2800
#15 0x0000557ef8282a3a in main (argc=2, argv=<optimized out>) at glusterfsd.c:2962
(gdb) f 8
#8  init (this=0x557ef9f3b510) at glusterd.c:1450
1450	        len = snprintf(logdir, PATH_MAX, "%s", DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_DIRECTORY);
(gdb) l 1396
1391	        0,
1392	    };
1393	    char rundir[PATH_MAX] = {
1394	        0,
1395	    };
1396	    char logdir[VALID_GLUSTERD_PATHMAX] = {
1397	        0,
1398	    };
1399	    char cmd_log_filename[PATH_MAX] = {
1400	        0,
(gdb) f 3
#3  0x00007fbd7ae66b67 in __GI___fortify_fail (msg=msg@entry=0x7fbd7aed8438 "buffer overflow detected") at fortify_fail.c:30
30	    __libc_message (2, "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n",

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/23309 (glusterd: Fixed incorrect size argument) posted (#1) for review on master by N Balachandran

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/23309 (glusterd: Fixed incorrect size argument) merged (#2) on master by Atin Mukherjee

RCA: rpm builds use the following flags:

$ rpm --showrc | grep stack-protector
-13: __global_compiler_flags	-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions
-fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches %{_hardened_cflags}
%{_annotated_cflags}Thanks to Nithya for mentioning the presence of -fstack-protector
flag as a probable cause resulting in the crash which lead me to
check default rpm build macros.
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 checks for buffer overruns and aborts the process if it finds any.

From the coredump:


#8  init (this=0x557ef9f3b510) at glusterd.c:1450
1450	        len = snprintf(logdir, PATH_MAX, "%s", DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_DIRECTORY);


But

char logdir[VALID_GLUSTERD_PATHMAX] = {0,};

#define VALID_GLUSTERD_PATHMAX (PATH_MAX - (256 + 64))

so this can cause a buffer overrun.


More info at:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13517526/difference-between-gcc-d-fortify-source-1-and-d-fortify-source-2