memory leaks with dhcptl_connect

Mon Oct 19 21:10:11 UTC 2015

 Hi,
Are you guys aware of memory leak issues with dhcptl_connect function in
DHCP version
4.1-ESV-R7 or higher ?
Is there a bugdb that I can search for know issues?

Thanks
Praveen

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Thomas Markwalder <tmark at isc.org> wrote:

> ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R12 is now available for download.
>
> This is the release of ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R12, a maintenance
> release which contains a number of bug fixes.
>
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> The following are changes that may be more interesting and require
> a bit more explanation.
>
> We have modified the PARANOIA patch to adjust the file permissions
> (owner and group) used for the lease file.  In our testing this had
> no negative effects.  However, given the range of OSes and security
> features, we are not able to test all possible combinations.
>
> The following is the list of all changes for this release.
>
>             Changes since 4.1-ESV-R12b1
>
> - None
>
>             Changes since 4.1-ESV-R11
>
> - The server now does a better check to see if it can allocate the memory
>   for large blocks of v4 leases and should provide a slightly better error
>   message.  Note well: the server pre-allocates v4 addresses, if you use
>   a large range, such as a /8, the server will attempt to use a large
>   amount of memory and may not start if there either isn't enough memory
>   or the size exceeds what the code supports.
>   [ISC-Bugs #38637]
>
> - The server will now reject unicast Request, Renew, Decline, and Release
>   messages from a client unless the server would have sent that client the
>   dhcp6.unicast option.  This behavior is in compliance with paragraph 1 in
>   each of the sections 18.2,1, 18.2.3, 18.2.6, and 18.2.7 of RFC 3315.
> Prior
>   to this, the server would simply accept the messages.  Now, in order for
>   the server to accept such a message, the server configuration must
> include
>   the dhcp6.unicast option either globally or within the shared network to
>   which the requested lease belongs. In other words, the server will map
>   the first IA_XX address found within the client message to a
> shared-network
>   and look for the presence of the unicast option there and then globally.
>   [ISC-Bugs #21235]
>
> - Write out the DUID server id on startup in all cases, previously if it
>   was read in from server-duid option in the config or lease files for
>   DHCPv4 it would not be written to the new lease file.
>   [ISC-Bugs #37791]
>
> - When parsing dates for leases convert dates past 2038 to "never".
>   This avoids problems with integer overflows in the date and time
>   handling code for people that decide to use very large lease times
>   or add a lease entry with a date far in the future.
>   [ISC-Bugs #33056]
>
> - Leave the siaddr field clear when sending a NACK as per RFC 2131
>   table 3.
>   [ISC-Bugs #38769]
>
> - Some compilers don't like the use of abs in minires/ns_verify.c,
>   change it to labs to make them happy.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39301]
>
> - In the client don't send expired addresses to the script as part of
>   the binding process.  Thanks to Sven Trenkel at Google for reporting
>   the issue and suggesting the patch.
>   [ISC-Bugs #38631]
>
> - While parsing IPv6 addresses treat "add" as part of the address instead
>   of as a token.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39529]
>
> - Delayed-ack now works properly with Failover. Prior to this, bind updates
>   post startup were being queued but never delivered. Among other
> things, this
>   was causing leases to not transition from expired or released to free.
>   [ISC-Bugs #31474]
>
> - Clean up parsing of v6 lease files a bit to avoid infinite loops if the
>   lease file is corrupt in certain ways.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39760]
>
> - Corrected an issue in v6 lease file parsing. Prior to this, when
> encountering
>   a lease with an address for which no configured pool exists, the
> server was
>   declaring the lease file corrupt and incorrectly skipping over the
> subsequent
>   entry in the file.  The server will now emit a log message indicating
> that
>   no pool was found for the address (or prefix) and correctly resume
> parsing
>   with the next entry in the lease file.  Our thanks to Michal Žejdl for
>   reporting the issue.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39314]
>
> - Enhance the PARANOIA patch to include fchown() the lease file to
>   allow it to be manipulated after the server does a chown().
>   Thanks to Jiri Popelka at Red Hat for the patch.
>   [ISC-Bugs #36978]
>
> - Fixed a server crash that could occur when the server attempts to remove
>   the billing class from the last lease billed to a dynamic class after
> said
>   class has been deleted.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39978]
>
> - Handle an out of memory condition in the client a bit better.
>   Thanks to Frédéric Perrin from Brocade for finding the issue
>   and suggesting a patch.
>   [ISC-Bugs #39279]
>
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Regards,
Praveen
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