seaudit: 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument.

[Domen Puncer]

I suspect this might be the same bug as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832660 .

$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS \n \l

$ seaudit
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.
Aborted (core dumped)

Core was generated by `seaudit'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
#0 0x00007f2ece86c425 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007f2ece86c425 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007f2ece86fb8b in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007f2ecf2653e3 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0x00007f2ecf2ce93c in g_cond_wait_until () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4 0x000000000041f369 in progress_wait ()
#5 0x0000000000421d0b in toplevel_open_log ()
#6 0x0000000000420068 in ?? ()
#7 0x00007f2ecf292d53 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8 0x00007f2ecf2930a0 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#9 0x00007f2ecf29349a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#10 0x00007f2ed01e02f7 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0x0000000000413d45 in main ()

[hannes (hannes-redhat-bugs-1)]

Description of problem:
I was trying to monitor my audit logs but seaudit refuses to start properly. I also confirmed this with a user in #selinux.
It fails with the following error message:
seaudit
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.

No matter if I start it as user (with authorisation) or directly from a root-console.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
setools-gui-3.3.7-24.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Actual results:
Flickering window for a second and then exit.

Additional info:

sestatus -v
SELinux status: enabled
SELinuxfs mount: /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory: /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name: targeted
Current mode: enforcing
Mode from config file: enforcing
Policy MLS status: enabled
Policy deny_unknown status: allowed
Max kernel policy version: 26

Process contexts:
Current context: unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
Init context: system_u:system_r:init_t:s0
/usr/sbin/sshd system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

File contexts:
Controlling terminal: unconfined_u:object_r:user_devpts_t:s0
/etc/passwd system_u:object_r:passwd_file_t:s0
/etc/shadow system_u:object_r:shadow_t:s0
/bin/bash system_u:object_r:shell_exec_t:s0
/bin/login system_u:object_r:login_exec_t:s0
/bin/sh system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 -> system_u:object_r:shell_exec_t:s0
/sbin/agetty system_u:object_r:getty_exec_t:s0
/sbin/init system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0 -> system_u:object_r:init_exec_t:s0
/sbin/mingetty system_u:object_r:getty_exec_t:s0
/usr/sbin/sshd system_u:object_r:sshd_exec_t:s0

[RR (rr-redhat-bugs)]

I can confirm,

# uname -a:
Linux localhost 3.4.2-4.fc17.i686.PAE #1 SMP Thu Jun 14 22:11:26 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

# rpm -qa | grep setools:
setools-libs-tcl-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686
setools-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686
setools-libs-python-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686
setools-console-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686
setools-gui-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686
setools-libs-3.3.7-24.fc17.i686

#locale
LANG=pl_PL.utf8
LC_CTYPE="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_TIME="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_PAPER="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_NAME="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="pl_PL.utf8"
LC_ALL=

#seaudit
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Zły argument. Aborting.

#LANG=C
#LC_ALL=C
#seaudit
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.

After creating empty ".seaudit" file in root home directory, I can view main seaudit window, but when I choose File->Open Log->/var/log/audit/audit.log seaudit is terminating with information:
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.

This same situation is when I'm trying to open policy.27 (File->Open Policy->/etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.27)

[RR (rr-redhat-bugs)]

OK, more info

Fedora 17 clean installation, system - default, Gnome Desktop - default. No devels beside selinux-policy-devel, no additional libraries.

# rpm -qa | grep selinux
libselinux-utils-2.1.10-3.fc17.i686
selinux-policy-devel-3.10.0-132.fc17.noarch
libselinux-2.1.10-3.fc17.i686
selinux-policy-doc-3.10.0-132.fc17.noarch
selinux-policy-3.10.0-132.fc17.noarch
libselinux-python-2.1.10-3.fc17.i686
selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-132.fc17.noarch

For me it isn't problem with Selinux because
# setenforce 0
# getenforce
Permissive
# seaudit
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.

After copying "/usr/share/setools-3.3/dot_seaudit" to "/root/.seaudit" seaudit refuses to start but after removing line "DEFAULT_LOG_FILE /var/log/audit/audit.log" from "/root/.seaudit" there is no problem with opening empty main seaudit window. The rest is like in Comment 1 (above)

[Lars (lars-redhat-bugs)]

From the backtrack in #841692 and my backtrack; I can see that the call to
g_cond_wait_until (cond=cond@entry=0x9679970, mutex=mutex@entry=0x96f6ad8, end_time=-1342712251375396)
have a negative time value: end_time=-1342712251375396
and it calls pthread_cond_timedwait() that returns EINVAL
  From pthread_cond_timedwait(): EINVAL The value specified by cond, mutex, or abstime is invalid.
The negative time is the calculation in glib deprecated/gthread-deprecated.c:1581:
    end_time += g_get_monotonic_time () - g_get_real_time ();
That cause the negative time value. (all time types are signed).

[Lars (lars-redhat-bugs)]

The call to g_cond_wait_until is done with the obsolete call g_cond_timed_wait(progress->cond, progress->mutex, &wait_time); in progress.c:105

The g_cond_timed_wait() shall have a absolut time but it is call with a relative time in line 102: GTimeVal wait_time = { 0, 50000 };

replace the code something like this:
     gint64 end_time;
and
     end_time = g_get_monotonic_time () + 50000; // need to be set before each wait
      g_cond_wait_until(progress->cond, progress->mutex,end_time);

[Lars (lars-redhat-bugs)]

Created attachment 605474
patch for g_cond_timed_wait

[Lars (lars-redhat-bugs)]

Created attachment 605475
patch for building the java part (SWIG issue)

[Lars (lars-redhat-bugs)]

Created attachment 605481
the spec to build the patchs

Here are the 3 file (spec + 2 patchs) to build the fix for fc17 as setools-3.3.7-25.fc17.src.rpm

It look like the SWIG is not creating SWIGTYPE_p_int.java in libqpol/swig/java/..
So I added the patch and required swig version to be 2.0.7 from 1.3.28.
The spec had already changed the config file to use AC_PROG_SWIG(2.0.0)
and I removed workaround for gcc 4.3 + gnu99 + swig-generated code.

[Reinhard (reinhard-redhat-bugs)]

Same error here on F18-prerelease, using setools-3.3.7-28.fc18.x86_64

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

setools-3.3.7-31.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/setools-3.3.7-31.fc18

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

Package setools-3.3.7-31.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing setools-3.3.7-31.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-20567/setools-3.3.7-31.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

[hannes (hannes-redhat-bugs-1)]

Are you going to backport this update to f17 as well? Thanks.

[Daniel (daniel-redhat-bugs)]

Sure building now.

[Reinhard (reinhard-redhat-bugs)]

Package setools-3.3.7-31.fc18 works for me

[Fedora (fedora-redhat-bugs)]

setools-3.3.7-31.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

[RR (rr-redhat-bugs)]

Working OK with Fedora 18.

[Domen Puncer (domen)]

I can also trigger the same bug with sediffx (after selecting two policies it crashes in the same way).

[Laurent Bigonville (bigon)]

Hi,

I think that the initial crash with seaudit should be fixed in 3.3.8-1 (the patch proposed in the RH bugzilla has been applied and I cannot reproduce this)

Unfortunately sediffx is still crashing when loading the 2 policies

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package setools - 3.3.8-3

---------------
setools (3.3.8-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no further changes)
  * Add debian/patches/fix-sediffx-crash.patch: Fix sediffx crash (LP:
    #1220618)

 -- Laurent Bigonville <email address hidden> Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:43:56 +0100

[Domen Puncer (domen)]

This is still a bug in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

$ sediffx sepolicy ';' data/security/sepolicy
GLib (gthread-posix.c): Unexpected error from C library during 'pthread_cond_timedwait': Invalid argument. Aborting.
Aborted (core dumped)

$ sudo aptitude show setools
Package: setools
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 3.3.6.ds-7.2ubuntu4

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release