Bug 813084 – rsyslog segfaults when configured with disk queue with non-existent (unnamed) spool file

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Bug 813084 - rsyslog segfaults when configured with disk queue with non-existent (unnamed) spool file

Summary:	rsyslog segfaults when configured with disk queue with non-existent (unnamed)...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	rsyslog (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.2
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	6.3
Assigned To:	Tomas Heinrich
QA Contact:	Dalibor Pospíšil
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Blocks:	805204
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Reported:	2012-04-16 16:23 EDT by Tomas Heinrich
Modified:	2012-06-20 02:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	In certain error cases, deinitialization of nonexistent data took place. When configured to use a disk assisted queue without specifying a spool file, the daemon aborted. The code was modified to handle the error cases gracefully. The daemon doesn't abort when the above mentioned error occurs.
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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 02:59:07 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2012:0796	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: rsyslog security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2012-06-19 15:29:32 EDT

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Description Tomas Heinrich 2012-04-16 16:23:25 EDT

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsyslog 5.8.7 and older.

Steps to Reproduce:
/tmp/rsyslog.conf:
  $actionqueuetype disk
  *.* /tmp/all.log
Run
$ /sbin/rsyslogd -c 5 -dnf /tmp/rsyslog.conf

<...>
Aborted (core dumped)

Additional info:
Will be fixed by a rebase to upstream version 5.8.10.

Comment 4 Tomas Heinrich 2012-05-03 13:26:48 EDT

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
In certain error cases, deinitialization of nonexistent data took place.
When configured to use a disk assisted queue without specifying a spool file, the daemon aborted.
The code was modified to handle the error cases gracefully.
The daemon doesn't abort when the above mentioned error occurs.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 02:59:07 EDT

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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0796.html

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