> Am 27.01.2025 um 20:43 schrieb Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de>:
>
> This is not new and of course mod_md can not work if md/httpd.json is not
> readable. But the process should not crash.
>
> mod_md logs:
>
> (13)Permission denied: AH10072: setup md registry
>
> and then crashes.
>
> In mod_md.c function md_post_config_before_ssl() we jump to leave after
> logging the message:
>
> 886 rv = md_reg_create(&mc->reg, p, store, mc->proxy_url, mc->ca_certs,
> 887 mc->min_delay, mc->retry_failover,
> 888 mc->use_store_locks, mc->lock_wait_timeout);
> 889 if (APR_SUCCESS != rv) {
> 890 ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, s, APLOGNO(10072)
> "setup md registry");
> 891 goto leave;
> 892 }
>
> But in leave we have:
>
> 947 leave:
> 948 md_reg_unlock_global(mc->reg, ptemp);
> 949 return rv;
> 950 }
>
> And this crashes in md_reg_unlock_global(), when mc->reg is NULL:
>
> void md_reg_unlock_global(md_reg_t *reg, apr_pool_t *p)
> {
> if (reg->use_store_locks) {
> md_store_unlock_global(reg->store, p);
> }
> }
>
> It might probably just be enough to check for NULL in leave.
>
> Should I log an issue against GH mod_md?
Yes, please open an issue.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Rainer
>
