virObjectUnref() libvirtd killed by SIGSEGV

[Seyeong Kim]

SRU justification

[Impact]

While memory load is high, libvirtd could be crashed(segfault) if you command something ( destroy, migrate, etc )

[Test Case]

Cannot reproduce easily this problem because this is from specific situation. ( sometimes while high mem load )

[Regression Potential]

[Other Info]

Wily has already fixed

Backported from upstream patches

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=ad886fa6c8ebc321a0386a75c187d315111cf1f3
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=6ca857c7c8a1f7b571132d6c7fff5a06301a5e9a
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commitdiff;h=a98129c0ee52b6a8fdd39988a6d090057f149ae9

and redhet also have similar bug report

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203030

[Seyeong Kim (xtrusia)]

wily has already fixed

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I updated the trusty and utopic patches to the current versions, and uploaded to the SRU review queues. Unsubscribing sponsors now. Thanks!

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

.. and vivid too

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.12-0ubuntu14 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.8-0ubuntu11.7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Seyeong Kim (xtrusia)]

Hello

How about trusty?

I checked utopic, vivid code

Thanks.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Working on sponsoring this for Trusty along with some other fixes.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.13 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.14 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.8-0ubuntu11.8 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted libvirt into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/1.2.12-0ubuntu14.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Seyeong Kim (xtrusia)]

trusty

ii libvirt-bin 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.14 amd64 programs for the libvirt library
ii libvirt0 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.14 amd64 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems

utopic

ii libvirt-bin 1.2.8-0ubuntu11.8 amd64 programs for the libvirt library
ii libvirt0 1.2.8-0ubuntu11.8 amd64 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems

vivid

ii libvirt-bin 1.2.12-0ubuntu14.1 amd64 programs for the libvirt library
ii libvirt0 1.2.12-0ubuntu14.1 amd64 library for interfacing with different virtualization systems

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libvirt - 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.14

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libvirt (1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.14) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Seyeong Kim ]
  * d/p/fix_libvirtd_killed_by_sigsegv.patch: fix incorrect backport
    (LP: #1464175)

 -- Chris J Arges <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:52:41 -0500

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for libvirt has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libvirt - 1.2.8-0ubuntu11.8

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libvirt (1.2.8-0ubuntu11.8) utopic; urgency=medium

  [ Seyeong Kim ]
  * d/p/fix_libvirtd_killed_by_sigsegv.patch: fix incorrect backport
    (LP: #1464175)

  [ Edward Hope-Morley ]
  * Add post-start to upstart (/etc/init/libvirt-bin.conf) and
    sysv (/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin) to ensure libvirt-sock
    created before up (LP: #1455608)

 -- Chris J Arges <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:55:28 -0500

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libvirt - 1.2.12-0ubuntu14.1

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libvirt (1.2.12-0ubuntu14.1) vivid; urgency=medium

  [ Seyeong Kim ]
  * d/p/fix_libvirtd_killed_by_sigsegv.patch: fix incorrect backport
    (LP: #1464175)

  [ Edward Hope-Morley ]
  * Add post-start to upstart (/etc/init/libvirt-bin.conf) and
    sysv (/etc/init.d/libvirt-bin) to ensure libvirt-sock
    created before up (LP: #1455608)

  [ Chris J Arges ]
  * Add d/p/PowerPC-Make-qemu-system-ppc64-the-default-emulator-.patch,
    d/p/PowerPC-Forbid-NULL-CPU-model-with-host-model-mode.patch,
    d/p/schema-Allow-multiple-machines-for-VMs-and-unite-arc.patch
    To fix issues with libvirt on ppc64el.(LP: #1468247)

 -- Chris J Arges <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:51:16 -0500