Journalctl -f --file some.journal causes coredump

[Marko Man]

[impact]

journalctl -f --file FILE results in segfault

[test case]

$ journalctl -f --file $FILENAME

[regression potential]

journalctl segfault or failure to properly operate

[scope]

needed in focal

fixed upstream in 2b6df46d21a at v246, so fixed already in h and later

[original description]

Focal latest systemd 245.

Journalctl -f --file path/to/file.journal. Will allways causes journalctl crash...

The same doesnt happen on centos8 systemd 239... I couldnt test on any more systems atm.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Marko, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/245.4-4ubuntu3.16 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 on 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, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

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

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.16) for focal have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

gvfs/1.44.1-1ubuntu1 (arm64, ppc64el, amd64)
linux-aws-5.13/5.13.0-1019.21~20.04.1 (arm64)
snapd/2.54.3+20.04.1ubuntu0.2 (arm64, ppc64el, s390x)
docker.io/20.10.7-0ubuntu5~20.04.2 (s390x)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/focal/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

The autopkgtest regressions blocking systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.16 in focal-proposed have been resolved. The regressions appear to have been related to recent autopkgtest infrastructure issues, and retrying the tests resolved the issues.

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

I tested systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.16 from focal-proposed using the test plan above to confirm this fix.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 245.4-4ubuntu3.16

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systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.16) focal; urgency=medium

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * d/p/lp1946388-sd-journal-don-t-check-namespaces-if-we-have-no-name.patch:
    Avoid journalctl segfault (LP: #1946388)

  [ Jeremy Szu ]
  * Add a allowlist to unblock intel-hid on new HP machines (LP: #1955997)
    Author: Jeremy Szu
    File: debian/patches/lp1955997-add-a-allowlist-to-unblock-intel-hid-on-HP-mach.patch
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=88a859eaddb6c9a611fcbc44edab441aef4c4355

  [ Nick Rosbrook ]
  * Prevent arguments from being overwritten with defaults at shutdown (LP: #1958284)
    File: debian/patches/lp1958284-core-move-reset_arguments-to-the-end-of-main-s-finish.patch
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=e61052bd1f20bcc54e7417542c6d445cf5040f56

  [ Lukas Märdian ]
  * Fix deadlock between pid1 and dbus-daemon (LP: #1871538)
    Author: Lukas Märdian
    File: debian/patches/pid1-set-SYSTEMD_NSS_DYNAMIC_BYPASS-1-env-var-for-dbus-da.patch
    https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/+source/systemd/commit/?id=e3aacfa26e3fc6df369e6f28e740389ae0020907

 -- Nick Rosbrook <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:29:33 -0400

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being 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.