Public bug reported: On ubuntu trusty 14.04.4 in multipath-tools version 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.14 there is bug in multipathd on shutdown.
The code will access pathvec pointer which is a valid address: Reading symbols from /sbin/multipathd...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug//sbin/multipathd...done. done. [New LWP 41631] [New LWP 41584] [New LWP 41633] [New LWP 41632] [New LWP 41582] [New LWP 41583] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/sbin/multipathd'. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000000004075db in checkerloop (ap=0x1b81040) at main.c:1150 1150 vector_foreach_slot (vecs->pathvec, pp, i) { (gdb) list 1145 pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_lock, &vecs->lock); 1146 lock(vecs->lock); 1147 condlog(4, "tick"); 1148 1149 if (vecs->pathvec) { 1150 vector_foreach_slot (vecs->pathvec, pp, i) { 1151 check_path(vecs, pp); 1152 } 1153 } 1154 if (vecs->mpvec) { Pathvec is a valid pointer: (gdb) p vecs->pathvec $1 = (vector) 0x1b81280 But the contents of the structure are just garbage: (gdb) p *vecs->pathvec $2 = {allocated = 1651076143, slot = 0x756e696c2d34365f} (gdb) ** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Dragan S. (dragan-s) Status: In Progress ** Tags: sts trusty ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dragan S. (dragan-s) ** Changed in: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616213 Title: Core dump on multipathd shutdown - trusty 14.04.4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1616213/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs