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rtld: limit self loading check to normal mode only

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #1088677
Bug #1088677 reported by Rodrigo Belem
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eglibc (Ubuntu)
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Adam Conrad
Precise
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Adam Conrad
Quantal
Fix Released
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Adam Conrad

Bug Description

[Impact / Justification]
To be fair, this bug is (mostly) cosmetic, but when tools exit non-zero in scary ways, it can have knock-on effects elsewhere (to custom scripting, or just frightened users). The fix here is targeted, "obviously correct", and easily auditable, so I figured I'd pull it back to the LTS for a bit of polish.

[Test Case]
The SRU patch includes an addition to the glibc testsuite that tests that ld.so can now load itself correctly in a few different ways, but the easiest user verification is to run:

ldd /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (or /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 on amd64)

And witness it fail before the upgrade, and work after.

[Regression Potential]
Regression potential here is low, the patch is from upstream, very simple, and it's quite clear what it does.

[Original Report]
Commit glibc-2.14~10 disallowed rtld self loading to avoid a segfault

that used to happen when rtld was loading itself in normal mode.

Unfortunately, that commit disallowed all modes of self loading,

including those that used to work before. This change limits the check

for self loading to normal mode only, so that instruments like ldd could

handle rtld properly.

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=f3fd569c365ca5149fedbbc6c7a902aa1f8e5b60

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Rodrigo Belem (rbelem) wrote :

ldd /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
loader cannot load itself
ldd: exited with unknown exit code (127)

ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.15-0ubuntu20) 2.15

tags: added: quantal
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Rodrigo Belem (rbelem) wrote :

After applying the patch

ldd /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
        statically linked

Adam Conrad (adconrad)
description: updated
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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

This is fixed in 2.17, whose upload is pending to raring,

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee: nobody → Adam Conrad (adconrad)
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Rodrigo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted eglibc into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.15-0ubuntu10.4 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!

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Hello Rodrigo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted eglibc into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/2.15-0ubuntu20.1 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!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.17-0ubuntu1

---------------
eglibc (2.17-0ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian, bringing in a new upstream and many small fixes:
    - patches/any/cvs-malloc-deadlock.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/ubuntu/lddebug-scopes.diff: Rebase for upstream changes.
    - patches/ubuntu/local-CVE-2012-3406.diff: Rebased against upstream.
    - patches/ubuntu/no-asm-mtune-i686.diff: Fixed in recent binutils.
  * This upstream merge fixes a nasty hang in pulseaudio (LP: #1085342)
  * Bump MIN_KERNEL_SUPPORTED to 2.6.32 on ARM, now that we no longer
    have to support shonky 2.6.31 kernels on imx51 babbage builders.
  * Drop patches/ubuntu/local-disable-nscd-host-caching.diff, as these
    issues were apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
  * Fix the compiled-in bug URL to point to launchpad.net, not Debian.

eglibc (2.17-0experimental0) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Adam Conrad ]
  * New upstream release: version 2.17, orig tarball built at SVN r22169:
    - Restricts ld.so self-loading checks to normal mode (LP: #1088677)
    - debian/rules.d/tarball.mk: ports is no longer external to libc.
    - debian/*: Update all 2.16 occurences to 2.17 for upgrades/deps.
    - patches/localedata/supported.diff: Rebased against new upstream.
    - patches/localedata/locale-ia.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/localedata/submitted-es_MX-decimal_point.diff: Rebased.
    - patches/amd64/local-pthread_cond_wait.diff: Dropped, fixed upstream.
    - patches/i386/local-pthread_cond_wait.diff: Dropped (closes: #694962)
    - patches/arm64/cvs-ldconfig-cache-abi.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/arm64/submitted-aarch64-support.diff: Merged upstream.
    - patches/arm/cvs-ldconfig-cache-abi.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/arm/local-atomic.diff: Dropped, fixed differently upstream.
    - patches/arm/unsubmitted-armhf-linker.diff: Dropped, not needed.
    - patches/arm/unsubmitted-ldconfig-cache-abi.diff: Rewritten slightly.
    - patches/hppa/submitted-nptl-carlos.diff: Rebased against upstream.
    - patches/hppa/local-stack-grows-up.diff: Rebased against upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/local-enable-ldconfig.diff: dl-cache.c dropped.
    - patches/hurd-i386/tg-tls.diff: Rebase and drop powerpc support.
    - patches/hurd-i386/tg-regenerate_errno.h.diff: Merged upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/tg-extern_inline.diff: Drop powerpc support.
    - patches/hurd-i386/tg-elfosabi_gnu.diff: Drop powerpc support.
    - patches/hurd-i386/tg-grantpt.diff: Rebased against new upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/unsubmitted-pthread_posix-option.diff: Rebased.
    - patches/hurd-i386/submitted-getgroups.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/submitted-getlogin_r.diff: Dropped, fixed upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/submitted-ptsname.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/submitted-sendto.diff: Dropped, fixed upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/cvs-add-missing-includes.diff: Merged upstream.
    - patches/hurd-i386/cvs-mach-check-local-headers.sh.diff: Merged.
    - patches/hurd-i386/cvs-lremovexattr.diff: Dropped, merged upstrea...

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Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

Verified that this fix is working correctly in both precise-proposed and quantal-proposed.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Update Released

The verification of this Stable Release Update 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 regresssions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu10.4

---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu10.4) precise; urgency=low

  * Add patch ubuntu/local-disable-nscd-netgroup-caching.diff to
    disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
  * Backport any/cvs-malloc-deadlock.diff from upstream to prevent
    glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
  * Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
  * Drop patch any/local-disable-nscd-host-caching.diff, as this
    bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
  * Add patch any/cvs-ld-self-load.diff to restore ld.so's ability
    to load itself, a behaviour accidentally removed (LP: #1088677)
  * Drop dangling libnss_db.so symlink in libc6-dev (LP: #1088773)
 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:46:30 -0700

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eglibc - 2.15-0ubuntu20.1

---------------
eglibc (2.15-0ubuntu20.1) quantal; urgency=low

  * Add patch ubuntu/local-disable-nscd-netgroup-caching.diff to
    disable netgroup caching in the default config (LP: #1068889)
  * Backport any/cvs-malloc-deadlock.diff from upstream to prevent
    glibc deadlocking in mallock arena retry paths (LP: #1081734)
  * Fix futex issue (BZ #13844), backport from 2.16 (LP: #1091186)
  * Drop patch any/local-disable-nscd-host-caching.diff, as this
    bug was apparently resolved upstream a while ago (LP: #613662)
  * Add patch any/cvs-ld-self-load.diff to restore ld.so's ability
    to load itself, a behaviour accidentally removed (LP: #1088677)
  * Drop dangling libnss_db.so symlink in libc6-dev (LP: #1088773)
 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:46:30 -0700

Changed in eglibc (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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