Public bug reported: rsyslog won't start on fresh install of Ubuntu Wily
Starting program: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000436400 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000000436400 in ?? () #1 0x0000000000419605 in MsgSetRcvFrom () #2 0x0000000000445b24 in logmsgInternal () #3 0x00000000004223e6 in ?? () #4 0x00000000004225b7 in ?? () #5 0x0000000000438c68 in processCfSysLineCommand () #6 0x0000000000411014 in cfsysline () #7 0x000000000041469c in cnfDoCfsysline () #8 0x00000000004546f0 in yylex () #9 0x0000000000451463 in yyparse () #10 0x0000000000412ef7 in ?? () #11 0x0000000000413ef4 in load () #12 0x00000000004464d7 in initAll () #13 0x000000000040d990 in main () (gdb) disassemble $rip-0x20,$rip+0x40 Dump of assembler code from 0x4363e0 to 0x436440: 0x00000000004363e0 <propDebugPrint+0>: mov %rdi,%rsi 0x00000000004363e3 <propDebugPrint+3>: lea 0x312e6(%rip),%rdi # 0x4676d0 0x00000000004363ea <propDebugPrint+10>: sub $0x8,%rsp 0x00000000004363ee <propDebugPrint+14>: xor %eax,%eax 0x00000000004363f0 <propDebugPrint+16>: callq 0x422ff0 <dbgprintf> 0x00000000004363f5 <propDebugPrint+21>: xor %eax,%eax 0x00000000004363f7 <propDebugPrint+23>: add $0x8,%rsp 0x00000000004363fb <propDebugPrint+27>: retq 0x00000000004363fc: nopl 0x0(%rax) => 0x0000000000436400: lock addl $0x1,0x10(%rdi) 0x0000000000436405: xor %eax,%eax 0x0000000000436407: retq 0x0000000000436408: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 0x0000000000436410: push %r12 0x0000000000436412: push %rbp (gdb) info registers rax 0x0 0 rbx 0x0 0 rcx 0x0 0 rdx 0x6ad05d 7000157 rsi 0x0 0 rdi 0x0 0 # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 # dpkg -S /usr/sbin/rsyslogd rsyslog: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd # apt-cache policy rsyslog rsyslog: Installed: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1509589 Title: rsyslog crash on startup (segmentation violation due to NULL-pointer) Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: rsyslog won't start on fresh install of Ubuntu Wily Starting program: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000000000436400 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000000436400 in ?? () #1 0x0000000000419605 in MsgSetRcvFrom () #2 0x0000000000445b24 in logmsgInternal () #3 0x00000000004223e6 in ?? () #4 0x00000000004225b7 in ?? () #5 0x0000000000438c68 in processCfSysLineCommand () #6 0x0000000000411014 in cfsysline () #7 0x000000000041469c in cnfDoCfsysline () #8 0x00000000004546f0 in yylex () #9 0x0000000000451463 in yyparse () #10 0x0000000000412ef7 in ?? () #11 0x0000000000413ef4 in load () #12 0x00000000004464d7 in initAll () #13 0x000000000040d990 in main () (gdb) disassemble $rip-0x20,$rip+0x40 Dump of assembler code from 0x4363e0 to 0x436440: 0x00000000004363e0 <propDebugPrint+0>: mov %rdi,%rsi 0x00000000004363e3 <propDebugPrint+3>: lea 0x312e6(%rip),%rdi # 0x4676d0 0x00000000004363ea <propDebugPrint+10>: sub $0x8,%rsp 0x00000000004363ee <propDebugPrint+14>: xor %eax,%eax 0x00000000004363f0 <propDebugPrint+16>: callq 0x422ff0 <dbgprintf> 0x00000000004363f5 <propDebugPrint+21>: xor %eax,%eax 0x00000000004363f7 <propDebugPrint+23>: add $0x8,%rsp 0x00000000004363fb <propDebugPrint+27>: retq 0x00000000004363fc: nopl 0x0(%rax) => 0x0000000000436400: lock addl $0x1,0x10(%rdi) 0x0000000000436405: xor %eax,%eax 0x0000000000436407: retq 0x0000000000436408: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 0x0000000000436410: push %r12 0x0000000000436412: push %rbp (gdb) info registers rax 0x0 0 rbx 0x0 0 rcx 0x0 0 rdx 0x6ad05d 7000157 rsi 0x0 0 rdi 0x0 0 # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.10 Release: 15.10 # dpkg -S /usr/sbin/rsyslogd rsyslog: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd # apt-cache policy rsyslog rsyslog: Installed: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1509589/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp