Public bug reported: When starting ntpd it segfaults almost straight away. The configuration is the default that ships with Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
23:25:51 ntpd[18123]: ntpd 4.2.6p3@1.2290-o Tue Jun 5 20:12:08 UTC 2012 (1) 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: proto: precision = 0.352 usec 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 3 eth0 1.2.3.4 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 4 eth0:0 5.6.7.8 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 5 eth0 fe80::1 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 6 eth0 2001::2 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 7 eth0 2001::1 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listen normally on 8 lo ::1 UDP 123 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: peers refreshed 23:25:51 ntpd[18124]: Listening on routing socket on fd #25 for interface updates 23:25:52 ntpd[18124]: Deleting interface #8 lo, ::1#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1 secs 23:25:52 ntpd[18124]: Deleting interface #7 eth0, 2001::1#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1 secs 23:25:52 ntpd[18124]: Deleting interface #6 eth0, 2001::2#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1 secs 23:25:52 ntpd[18124]: 2001::3 interface 2001::2 -> (none) 23:25:52 kernel: ntpd[18124]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f6df3ecee5e sp 00007fff1df448a0 error 4 in ntpd[7f6df3eb1000+97000] 23:25:52 kernel: grsec: From 9.10.11.12: Segmentation fault occurred at 0000000000000008 in /usr/sbin/ntpd[ntpd:18124] uid/euid:108/108 gid/egid:115/115, parent /sbin/init[init:1] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0 ** Affects: ntp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: segfault -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102196 Title: Segfault on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1102196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs