On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 12:29, Kaya Saman wrote:
> On 12/03/2014 07:39 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> On 2014-12-03, Josh Grosse <j...@jggimi.homeip.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> This could be the bug fixed in src/sbin/isakmpd/ui.c rev 1.56.
>>>> Check your system logs for "isakmpd: backwards memcpy".
>>> It may not be that change, since it was only committed two days ago.
>>> I've
>>> seen the same symptoms in i386 snapshots from Nov 26 and 30.
>> Exactly, that change _fixes_ it.  In recent snapshots, memcpy()
>> checks for overlap and aborts.
>>
>> For some background, see
>> http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/memcpy-vs-memmove
>>
> 
> When you mention the change **fixes** the bug, is there something in
> addition that needs to be done in order to get isakmpd and ipsec working
> together?
> 
> 
> I am seeing this in the logs:
> 
> Dec  4 09:35:33 Gamma-Ray isakmpd: backwards memcpy
> 
> Dec  4 09:35:33 <sys_name> isakmpd: backwards memcpy
> 
> 
> which is what was stated earlier.
> 
> 
> Or does the **fix** exaggerate another bug in the code?

There was *one* fix to isakmpd for *one* bug. There may be more than
one bug. There's certainly a lot more than one memcpy in it.

Reply via email to