On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 05:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Eugene <hdejin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > /sbin/mdadm -F --scan -1 -p /etc/mdcheck.sh causes a segfault > with 3.2.1 > > Tested on 2.6.38.2 32-bit kernel. > > GDB backtrace > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. > #0 0xb77dba01 in __strncmp_ia32 () from /lib/libc.so.6 > (gdb) bt > #0 0xb77dba01 in __strncmp_ia32 () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #1 0x0806d603 in add_new_arrays (mdstat=0x80c8198, statelist=0xbf862cbc, test=0, info=0xbf862cac) at Monitor.c:691 > #2 0x0806c189 in Monitor (devlist=0x0, mailaddr=0x0, alert_cmd=0xbf864cc8 "/etc/mdcheck.sh", period=1000, daemonise=0, scan=1, oneshot=1, > dosyslog=0, test=0, pidfile=0x0, increments=20, share=1) at Monitor.c:228 > #3 0x0804e275 in main (argc=6, argv=0xbf8632c4) at mdadm.c:1596 > > Monitor.c line 691 is doing strncmp on a NULL pointer > if (strncmp(mse->metadata_version, "external:", 9) == 0 && > is_subarray(mse->metadata_version+9)) > st->parent_dev = > > Hi Eugene, thanks for the report. The following patch will be in my git tree git://neil.brown.name/mdadm master shortly and should fix the problem. Thanks, NeilBrown commit eb28e119b03fd5149886ed516fa4bb006ad3602e Author: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Date: Tue Apr 5 09:16:57 2011 +1000 Monitor: avoid NULL dereference with 0.90 metadata 0.90 array do not report the metadata type in /proc/mdstat, so we cannot assume that mse->metadata_version is non-NULL. So add an appropriate check. Reported-by: Eugene <hdejin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/Monitor.c b/Monitor.c index 291e465..337785d 100644 --- a/Monitor.c +++ b/Monitor.c @@ -688,7 +688,8 @@ static int add_new_arrays(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat, struct state **statelist, st->devnum = mse->devnum; st->percent = -2; st->expected_spares = -1; - if (strncmp(mse->metadata_version, "external:", 9) == 0 && + if (mse->metadata_version && + strncmp(mse->metadata_version, "external:", 9) == 0 && is_subarray(mse->metadata_version+9)) st->parent_dev = devname2devnum(mse->metadata_version+10); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html