bind dies with assertion failure

Evan Hunt each at isc.org
Mon Jul 2 22:47:16 UTC 2012


I can't answer for RedHat, but this bug fix was included in BIND 9.8.2.

3284.   [bug]           Address race conditions with the handling of
                        rbtnode.deadlink. [RT #27738]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:40:51PM -0500, Oscar Ricardo Silva wrote:
> I may have missed something but has this been patched in a 9.8.x version 
> of BIND?  According to the 9.9.0 release notes this has been addressed 
> but just wondering about the availability for other vulnerable versions. 
>  Also, is there a known trigger?
> 
> The reason I'm running is that we're currently running the stock version 
> of BIND available with RHEL6.  It's their policy to backport patches and 
> if there's a patch available then they may apply it faster rather than 
> deploying a new version.
>
> >It is a known issue, and is indeed a bug.  We're working on it already, so 
> >stay tuned.
> >
> >--Michael
> >
> >On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Alex wrote:
> >
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>I have a fedora16 x86_64 box and named keeps dying with an assertion 
> >>failure:
> >>>
> >>>14-Feb-2012 13:24:41.137 general: critical: rbtdb.c:1619:
> >>>INSIST(!((void *)((node)->deadlink.prev) != (void *)(-1))) failed
> >>>14-Feb-2012 13:24:41.137 general: critical: exiting (due to assertion 
> >>failure)
> >>>
> >>>This is bind-9.8.2-0.2.rc1.fc16.x86_64. Is this a known issue? Is this
> >>>indeed a bug or perhaps something otherwise wrong with the server?
> >>>
> >>>How can I troubleshoot this further?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Alex

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Evan Hunt -- each at isc.org
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