[Syslog-ng-maintainers] Bug#1099729: syslog-ng-core: /var/log/error flooded with EINVAL complaints seeking /dev/kmsg

[Andrew Bower]

Package: syslog-ng-core
Version: 4.8.1-2+b1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream fixed-upstream

Dear Maintainer,

/var/log/error is flooded with messages of the form:

Mar  6 22:17:27 arden syslog-ng[2174]: Error invoking seek on file; filename='/dev/kmsg', error='Invalid argument (22)'

There appears to be a fix upstream. Could this be applied as a patch to the Debian package, please?

Upstream bug: https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/issues/5159
Upstream fix: https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/pull/5168

Thanks!

Andrew


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.10.9-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: runit (via /run/runit.stopit)

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core depends on:
ii  libc6                            2.41-3
ii  libcap2                          1:2.73-4
ii  libelogind-compat [libsystemd0]  255.17-2
ii  libglib2.0-0t64                  2.83.5-1
ii  libivykis0t64                    0.43.2-1+b1
ii  libjson-c5                       0.18+ds-1
ii  libnet1                          1.3+dfsg-1
ii  libpcre2-8-0                     10.45-1
ii  libssl3t64                       3.4.1-1
ii  libwrap0                         7.6.q-36
ii  lsb-base                         11.6
ii  sysvinit-utils [lsb-base]        3.14-3devuan1

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core recommends:
ii  logrotate  3.22.0-1

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core suggests:
ii  syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data  4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-amqp                 4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-examples             4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-geoip2               4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-graphite             4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-http                 4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-mongodb              4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-python               4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka              4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-redis                4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-riemann              4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-slog                 4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-snmp                 4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-sql                  4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-stardate             4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-stomp                4.8.1-2+b1
ii  syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser           4.8.1-2+b1

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