On Mon, 22 Aug 2022, Praveen Chavan wrote:

Pluto fails to start with error, 

Aug 22 14:48:02.318450: FATAL ERROR: bind(0.0.0.0:500) failed in 
find_raw_ifaces4()Address already in use (errno 98)
Aug 22 14:48:02.318478: ABORT: ASSERTION FAILED: nr_helper_threads == 0 
(free_server_helper_jobs() +595 programs/pluto/server_pool.c)

There is another IKE daemon (or something else binding to UDP port 500) already?

Try: sudo lsof -i udp:500


However, when using the source rpm, locally built binaries instead, this error 
can be resolved with following change,

        /* in pluto/kernel_linux.c */
        if (0){
                ip_address any = address_any(&ipv4_info);
                ip_endpoint any_ep = endpoint(&any, pluto_port);
                ip_sockaddr any_sa;
                size_t any_sa_size = endpoint_to_sockaddr(&any_ep, &any_sa);
                if (bind(master_sock, &any_sa.sa, any_sa_size) < 0)
                        EXIT_LOG_ERRNO(errno, "bind() failed in %s()", 
__func__);
        }

If you don't bind, it won't work because you are not listening on the socket. 
The patch is wrong.

Paul
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