Bug#916880: Journald crashes in log_assert_failed()

[Michael Biebl]

control: tags 916880 + fixed-upstream patch
control: fixed 916880 234-1

(updated the meta-data)

Hi,

thanks for the detailed bug report.

Am 19.12.18 um 19:57 schrieb PODURY, SHARMILA:
> commit 5b3cc0c86aeddd4615e7e28e79aa89e5b77a6507
> Author: Yusuke Nojima <nojima718 at gmail.com>
> Date:   Sun Apr 30 02:37:53 2017 +0900
> 
>     journald: fix assertion failure on journal_file_link_data. (#5843)
>     
>     When some error occurs during the initialization of JournalFile,
>     the JournalFile can be left without hash tables created.  When later
>     trying to append an entry to that file, the assertion in
>     journal_file_link_data() fails, and journald crashes.
>     
>     This patch fix this issue by checking *_hash_table_size in
>     journal_file_verify_header().
> 

[..]

> We would like to see if this upstream patch can be backported to Debian stretch systemd.

Ok with me.
I'll consider it when/if preparing another stable upload for stretch.
I've tagged the bug so it shows up at [1]

Regards,
Michael


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