System crash with strongswan/IPsec connection in transport mode if remote party is unreachable
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
Situation
A SLE 11 SP3 strongswan client with IPsec in transport mode will crash with a null pointer dereference if the remote host is unreachable (i.e. shutdown).
Resolution
In case this issue is experienced please contact SUSE Technical Service for a program temporary fix.
Additional Information
Kernel trace:
[ 603.152451] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000003c
[ 603.160316] IP: [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.166525] PGD 1260ce067 PUD 1249f4067 PMD 0
[ 603.171021] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 603.174287] CPU 3
[ 603.176134] Modules linked in: xfrm_user xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp xfrm_ipcomp esp4 ah4 af_key microcode snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device fuse ext2 loop usbhid hid snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek ipv6_lib firewire_ohci hp_wmi f
irewire_core sparse_keymap i2c_i801 rfkill crc_itu_t rtc_cmos pcspkr snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec serio_raw i2c_core iTCO_wdt sg iTCO_vendor_support snd_hwdep snd_pcm e1000e snd_timer wmi snd mei container soundcore button snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache dm_
mirror dm_region_hash dm_log linear xhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod crc_t10dif usbcore processor thermal_sys usb_common hwmon isci(X) libsas scsi_transport_sas scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh dm_snapshot dm_mod ata_generic ahci libahci
libata scsi_mod
[ 603.246137] Supported: Yes, External
[ 603.249713]
[ 603.251208] Pid: 550, comm: kworker/3:2 Tainted: G X 3.0.101-0.21-default #1 Hewlett-Packard HP Z420 Workstation/1589
[ 603.262824] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812545ec>] [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.271452] RSP: 0018:ffff880126bedd80 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 603.276764] RAX: ffff880126bedfd8 RBX: 000000000000003c RCX: 0000000000014df0
[ 603.283901] RDX: 00000000ffffffe0 RSI: ffffffff81fe1680 RDI: 000000000000003c
[ 603.291036] RBP: ffffffff81fe1680 R08: ffff880126bec000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 603.298172] R10: ffff88012fd918a0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 603.305307] R13: ffff88012fd8d600 R14: ffff88012fd94c05 R15: ffffffff813b6bf0
[ 603.312444] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88012fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 603.320544] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 603.326290] CR2: 000000000000003c CR3: 0000000126526000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
[ 603.333428] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 603.340563] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 603.347700] Process kworker/3:2 (pid: 550, threadinfo ffff880126bec000, task ffff88012473e4c0)
[ 603.356311] Stack:
[ 603.358326] ffff88012473e4c0 0000000000000000 ffff880124637c00 ffffffff813d4fc9
[ 603.365794] ffff880124637c00 ffffffff814214b5 0000000000000286 ffff880124637c00
[ 603.373262] ffffffff81a73600 ffffffff813ab5c2 ffff880125236610 ffff880125236730
[ 603.380728] Call Trace:
[ 603.383184] [<ffffffff813d4fc9>] inet_putpeer+0x19/0x60
[ 603.388504] [<ffffffff814214b5>] xfrm4_dst_destroy+0x35/0xc0
[ 603.394257] [<ffffffff813ab5c2>] dst_destroy+0x22/0x130
[ 603.399581] [<ffffffff81424db5>] xfrm_bundle_flo_delete+0x35/0x50
[ 603.405772] [<ffffffff813b6c85>] flow_cache_gc_task+0x95/0xc0
[ 603.411613] [<ffffffff8107b90c>] process_one_work+0x16c/0x350
[ 603.417456] [<ffffffff8107e53a>] worker_thread+0x17a/0x410
[ 603.423039] [<ffffffff810828a6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
[ 603.427927] [<ffffffff81469ee4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[ 603.433854] Code: 83 ec 08 be 00 10 00 00 e8 b2 03 00 00 ba 00 10 00 00 3d 00 10 00 00 0f 4f c2 48 83 c4 08 c3 55 48 89 f5 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 <8b> 17 83 fa 01 74 3d 8d 72 ff 89 d0 f0 0f b1 37 39 c2 89 c1 75
[ 603.453834] RIP [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.460118] RSP <ffff880126bedd80>
[ 603.463609] CR2: 000000000000003c
[ 603.152451] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000003c
[ 603.160316] IP: [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.166525] PGD 1260ce067 PUD 1249f4067 PMD 0
[ 603.171021] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 603.174287] CPU 3
[ 603.176134] Modules linked in: xfrm_user xfrm4_tunnel tunnel4 ipcomp xfrm_ipcomp esp4 ah4 af_key microcode snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device fuse ext2 loop usbhid hid snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek ipv6_lib firewire_ohci hp_wmi f
irewire_core sparse_keymap i2c_i801 rfkill crc_itu_t rtc_cmos pcspkr snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec serio_raw i2c_core iTCO_wdt sg iTCO_vendor_support snd_hwdep snd_pcm e1000e snd_timer wmi snd mei container soundcore button snd_page_alloc ext3 jbd mbcache dm_
mirror dm_region_hash dm_log linear xhci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod crc_t10dif usbcore processor thermal_sys usb_common hwmon isci(X) libsas scsi_transport_sas scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh dm_snapshot dm_mod ata_generic ahci libahci
libata scsi_mod
[ 603.246137] Supported: Yes, External
[ 603.249713]
[ 603.251208] Pid: 550, comm: kworker/3:2 Tainted: G X 3.0.101-0.21-default #1 Hewlett-Packard HP Z420 Workstation/1589
[ 603.262824] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812545ec>] [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.271452] RSP: 0018:ffff880126bedd80 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 603.276764] RAX: ffff880126bedfd8 RBX: 000000000000003c RCX: 0000000000014df0
[ 603.283901] RDX: 00000000ffffffe0 RSI: ffffffff81fe1680 RDI: 000000000000003c
[ 603.291036] RBP: ffffffff81fe1680 R08: ffff880126bec000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 603.298172] R10: ffff88012fd918a0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 603.305307] R13: ffff88012fd8d600 R14: ffff88012fd94c05 R15: ffffffff813b6bf0
[ 603.312444] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88012fd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 603.320544] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 603.326290] CR2: 000000000000003c CR3: 0000000126526000 CR4: 00000000000407e0
[ 603.333428] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 603.340563] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 603.347700] Process kworker/3:2 (pid: 550, threadinfo ffff880126bec000, task ffff88012473e4c0)
[ 603.356311] Stack:
[ 603.358326] ffff88012473e4c0 0000000000000000 ffff880124637c00 ffffffff813d4fc9
[ 603.365794] ffff880124637c00 ffffffff814214b5 0000000000000286 ffff880124637c00
[ 603.373262] ffffffff81a73600 ffffffff813ab5c2 ffff880125236610 ffff880125236730
[ 603.380728] Call Trace:
[ 603.383184] [<ffffffff813d4fc9>] inet_putpeer+0x19/0x60
[ 603.388504] [<ffffffff814214b5>] xfrm4_dst_destroy+0x35/0xc0
[ 603.394257] [<ffffffff813ab5c2>] dst_destroy+0x22/0x130
[ 603.399581] [<ffffffff81424db5>] xfrm_bundle_flo_delete+0x35/0x50
[ 603.405772] [<ffffffff813b6c85>] flow_cache_gc_task+0x95/0xc0
[ 603.411613] [<ffffffff8107b90c>] process_one_work+0x16c/0x350
[ 603.417456] [<ffffffff8107e53a>] worker_thread+0x17a/0x410
[ 603.423039] [<ffffffff810828a6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
[ 603.427927] [<ffffffff81469ee4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[ 603.433854] Code: 83 ec 08 be 00 10 00 00 e8 b2 03 00 00 ba 00 10 00 00 3d 00 10 00 00 0f 4f c2 48 83 c4 08 c3 55 48 89 f5 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 <8b> 17 83 fa 01 74 3d 8d 72 ff 89 d0 f0 0f b1 37 39 c2 89 c1 75
[ 603.453834] RIP [<ffffffff812545ec>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0xc/0x80
[ 603.460118] RSP <ffff880126bedd80>
[ 603.463609] CR2: 000000000000003c
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- Document ID:7015087
- Creation Date: 20-May-2014
- Modified Date:14-Oct-2022
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