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network-manager-pptp package

pppd crashed with SIGSEGV in plugin_init()

Bug #1568336 reported by Isayev Anton
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
ppp (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown

Bug Description

when upgrade

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ppp 2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-lowlatency 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 9 19:44:32 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/pppd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-07 (32 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160307)
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pptp\ 195.88.124.222\ --nolaunchpppd\ --loglevel\ 0\ --logstring\ nm-pptp-service-7436 ipparam nm-pptp-service-7436 nodetach lock usepeerdns noipdefault nodefaultroute noauth user DO\\anton.isaev lcp-echo-failure 0 lcp-echo-interval 0 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f2386b1fb0c <plugin_init+460>: mov 0x8(%rax),%r8
 PC (0x7f2386b1fb0c) ok
 source "0x8(%rax)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%r8" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: ppp
StacktraceTop:
 plugin_init () from /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 parse_args ()
 main ()
Title: pppd crashed with SIGSEGV in plugin_init()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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Isayev Anton (totoshko88-gmail) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 plugin_init () at nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.c:328
 loadplugin (argv=<optimized out>) at options.c:1651
 process_option (opt=0x559b9e04b3d0 <general_options+3024>, cmd=cmd@entry=0x7ffd91715e37 "plugin", argv=argv@entry=0x7ffd917151d8) at options.c:807
 parse_args (argc=1, argv=0x7ffd917151d8) at options.c:410
 main (argc=19, argv=0x7ffd91715148) at main.c:364

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Changed in ppp (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ppp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
information type: Private → Public
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in ppp (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Ertan Günay (ergunay) wrote :

I had same problem
And I cannot get connetion via vpn (pppd)

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Isayev Anton (totoshko88-gmail) wrote :

While using old versions of packages

wget http://ftp.univ-nantes.fr/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager-pptp/network-manager-pptp_0.9.8.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
wget http://ftp.univ-nantes.fr/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager-pptp/network-manager-pptp-gnome_0.9.8.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i network-manager*.deb
rm network-manager*.deb

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
tags: added: nm11issue
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

This is a bug specific to the NetworkManager pptp plugin, reassigning...

affects: ppp (Ubuntu) → network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu)
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Duzy Chan (duzy) wrote :

It was all fine before recently upgrades.

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package network-manager-pptp - 1.1.93-1ubuntu1

---------------
network-manager-pptp (1.1.93-1ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/fix_dbus_proxy_new_call.patch: pass the right parameters
    in the right other for the call to g_dbus_proxy_new_sync() call.
    (LP: #1568336)

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:51:12 -0400

Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Isayev Anton (totoshko88-gmail) wrote :

Everything works. thank you very much!!

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/1.1.93-1ubuntu1/+build/9574101/+files/network-manager-pptp_1.1.93-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/1.1.93-1ubuntu1/+build/9574101/+files/network-manager-pptp-gnome_1.1.93-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i network-manager*.deb
rm network-manager*.deb

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in ppp (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
ilknur duran (ilknurduran)
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
assignee: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) → ilknur duran (ilknurduran)
dino99 (9d9)
Changed in network-manager-pptp (Ubuntu):
assignee: ilknur duran (ilknurduran) → nobody
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