It's only xenial that is affected, that is, version 1.13.4 and perhaps earlier. Trusty, zesty and higher are OK.
** Description changed: - This is Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS + [Impact] - sssd is configured to connect to two domains, our TPAD directory and - Active Directory. sssd starts up at boot time. As soon as I ssh login - (with any id, AD, TPAD or local), sssd fails with the error message in - the title. After that, we can only login with local ids, not TPAD or AD - ids. + * An explanation of the effects of the bug on users and - **************** - Here is the output from systemctl status sssd after the failure: - root@dcmilphlum128:~# systemctl status sssd - รข sssd.service - System Security Services Daemon - Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/sssd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) - Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2017-04-19 16:40:08 EDT; 7min ago - Process: 119143 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sssd -D -f (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) - Main PID: 119145 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) + * justification for backporting the fix to the stable release. - Apr 19 16:39:47 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[be[119187]: Starting up - Apr 19 16:39:51 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[be[119191]: Starting up - Apr 19 16:39:57 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[be[119206]: Starting up - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[119145]: Exiting the SSSD. Could not restart critical service [tpad]. - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[119149]: Shutting down - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[119148]: Shutting down - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com sssd[be[119146]: Shutting down - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com systemd[1]: sssd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com systemd[1]: sssd.service: Unit entered failed state. - Apr 19 16:40:08 dcmilphlum128.edc.nam.gm.com systemd[1]: sssd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. + * In addition, it is helpful, but not required, to include an + explanation of how the upload fixes this bug. - ****************** - Also, in kern.log I have four of these (I have retries set to 3): - Apr 19 16:39:59 dcmilphlum128 kernel: [ 6205.937807] sssd_be[12218]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fecb32b6b94 sp 00007ffce49a2230 error 4 in libsss_util.so[7fecb32a2000+6c000] - Apr 19 16:40:02 dcmilphlum128 kernel: [ 6206.980725] sssd_be[12253]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f302de29b94 sp 00007fffca943cc0 error 4 in libsss_util.so[7f302de15000+6c000] - Apr 19 16:40:05 dcmilphlum128 kernel: [ 6211.036205] sssd_be[12256]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd196169b94 sp 00007ffd624249f0 error 4 in libsss_util.so[7fd196155000+6c000] - Apr 19 16:40:07 dcmilphlum128 kernel: [ 6225.081902] sssd_be[12257]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd1f669bb94 sp 00007ffdd8e5bf80 error 4 in libsss_util.so[7fd1f6687000+6c000] + [Test Case] - ******************* - My sssd package are at 1.13.4: - sssd 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-ad 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-ad-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-ipa 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-krb5 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-krb5-common 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-ldap 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-proxy 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 - sssd-tools 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 + * detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug - *************** - I upgraded all the sssd packages to 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.4 and had the same problem. + * these should allow someone who is not familiar with the affected + package to reproduce the bug and verify that the updated package fixes + the problem. - I downgraded them to 1.12.5-2 and was NOT able to reproduce the problem. + [Regression Potential] - I attached my sssd.conf file. + * discussion of how regressions are most likely to manifest as a result + of this change. + + * It is assumed that any SRU candidate patch is well-tested before + upload and has a low overall risk of regression, but it's important + to make the effort to think about what ''could'' happen in the + event of a regression. + + * This both shows the SRU team that the risks have been considered, + and provides guidance to testers in regression-testing the SRU. + + [Other Info] + + * Anything else you think is useful to include + * Anticipate questions from users, SRU, +1 maintenance, security teams and the Technical Board + * and address these questions in advance -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1684295 Title: sssd fails with 'Exiting the SSSD. Could not restart critical service [tpad]. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sssd/+bug/1684295/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs