Description of problem: running command: cvf /a.tar --listed-incremental=/tmp/tarlii /boot/grub/menu.lst /var/named ends with SIGSEGV crash. When run under gdb, it prints: (gdb) run cvf /a.tar --listed-incremental=/tmp/tarlii /boot/grub/menu.lst /var/named Starting program: /bin/tar cvf /a.tar --listed-incremental=/tmp/tarlii /boot/grub/menu.lst /var/named [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] /bin/tar: /var/named: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/data: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/dynamic: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/slaves: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/dev: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/etc: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/usr: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/etc/named: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/etc/pki: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/etc/pki/dnssec-keys: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/usr/lib: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/usr/lib/bind: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/log: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named: Directory has been renamed from `/var/named' /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/run: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/tmp: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/etc/named: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/usr/lib/bind: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/named: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/run: Directory has been renamed from `/var/named/chroot/var/run' /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/tmp: Directory has been renamed from `/var/named/chroot/var/tmp' /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/run/named: Directory is new /bin/tar: /var/named/chroot/var/run/named: Directory has been renamed from `/var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/run/named' /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from member names Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. append_incremental_renames (dir=0x0) at incremen.c:897 897 dumpdir_free (dir->dump); (gdb) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tar-1.23-4.fc14.i686 Reproducible allways, steps to Reproduce: 1. start named with bind-chroot package installed 2. run above tar command 3. see crash message Additional info: - verified on three HW different F14 i686 machines - selinux is disabled - tar-1.22-17.fc13.i686 from Fedora 13 ends OK - in above example, commandline must contain "--listed-incremental=" option, and must have both destination ("/boot/grub/menu.lst" and "/var/named") specified. Otherwise tar isn't crashing. It seems tar as well isn't crashing when at position "/boot/grub/menu.lst" is directory specification, for crash there must be some filespec. - for crash, there must be some mounts to /var/named, which bind's rc.d startup script do when bind running chrooted, but tar crashes regardless of "--one-file-system" option presence. actual mounts are: # mount|grep '/var/named' /etc/named on /var/named/chroot/etc/named type none (rw,bind) /var/named on /var/named/chroot/var/named type none (rw,bind) /etc/named.conf on /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf type none (rw,bind) /etc/named.rfc1912.zones on /var/named/chroot/etc/named.rfc1912.zones type none (rw,bind) /etc/rndc.key on /var/named/chroot/etc/rndc.key type none (rw,bind) /usr/lib/bind on /var/named/chroot/usr/lib/bind type none (rw,bind) /etc/named.iscdlv.key on /var/named/chroot/etc/named.iscdlv.key type none (rw,bind) /etc/named.root.key on /var/named/chroot/etc/named.root.key type none (rw,bind)
Thank you for reporting the bug! The same flaw exists in the upstream git HEAD. It seems to be introduced by the following commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=tar.git;a=commitdiff;h=2b1bffb
Created attachment 448277 [details] proposed fix
sent upstream: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-09/msg00066.html
fixed in tar-1.23-6.fc15
upstream fix: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=tar.git;a=commit;h=efe26f9
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=tar.git;a=commitdiff;h=efe26f9
tar-1.23-5.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.23-5.fc14
tar-1.23-5.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update tar'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.23-5.fc14
tar-1.23-5.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.