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Bug 2141215 - dnf dies with "Config error: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte" when a vim swp file exists
Summary: dnf dies with "Config error: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte" when a vim swp ...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dnf
Version: 8.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Jan Kolarik
QA Contact: Eva Mrakova
Mariya Pershina
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 2148871
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-11-09 07:02 UTC by Renaud Métrich
Modified: 2023-05-16 11:09 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dnf-4.7.0-15.el8
Doc Type: No Doc Update
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 2148871 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2023-05-16 09:06:58 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-138744 0 None None None 2022-11-09 07:53:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:2980 0 None None None 2023-05-16 09:07:01 UTC

Description Renaud Métrich 2022-11-09 07:02:01 UTC
Description of problem:

In case someone is editing a file using *vim*, e.g. `vim /etc/dnf/vars/releasever` and keeps the editor open, or editor died without having deleted the `.releasever.swp` file), DNF dies continuously when trying to decode the content:

-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
# dnf install net-snmp
Config error: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8d in position 16: invalid start byte
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

The reason for this is DNF reads and processes the swp file, as seen with strace:
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
 :
721625 11:53:32.319506 read(6</etc/dnf/vars/.releasever.swp>, "b0VIM 8.0\0\0\0\0\20\0\0\213,\304a\234\36020V\16\0\0root\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0xpointwebsrv-new\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\
 :
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

Apparently all files in /etc/dnf/vars are processed, even if the filename doesn't look like a DNF variable.
We need to harden this to avoid either opening non-expected filenames, or continue the processing without dying.

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

dnf-4.7.0-8.el8.noarch

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create/open /etc/dnf/vars/releasever using *vim*

  # vim /etc/dnf/vars/releasever

  Write "8" to it, save and keep the editor open

2. Try installing a package from another terminal

  # dnf install net-snmp

Actual results:

Config error: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8d in position 16: invalid start byte

Expected results:

DNF continuing

Comment 1 Jan Kolarik 2022-11-09 07:47:19 UTC
PR was created to fix this behavior: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1860.

Comment 2 Jaroslav Mracek 2022-11-28 06:43:05 UTC
CI test - https://github.com/rpm-software-management/ci-dnf-stack/pull/1176

Comment 3 Jan Kolarik 2022-11-28 08:54:43 UTC
Cloned into RHEL9 ticket https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2148871.

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 09:06:58 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 (dnf bug fix and enhancement update), 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/RHBA-2023:2980


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