Subject: Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "Some virtual server configurations cause a
 segfault" on BSDI (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 18:11:22 +0100 (BST)
From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
Cc: downsj@pacifier.com
In-Reply-To: <199607161732.LAA09568> from "Rob Hartill" at Jul 16,
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Rob Hartill wrote:
> 
> 
> not acked
> 
> Message-Id: <199607161718.KAA08791@taz.hyperreal.com>
> From: downsj@pacifier.com
> To: apache-bugs%apache.org@organic.com
> Date: Tue Jul 16 10:18:46 1996
> Subject: WWW Form Bug Report: "Some virtual server configurations cause a segfault" on BSDI
> 
> Submitter: downsj@pacifier.com
> Operating system: BSDI, version: 
> Version of Apache Used: 1.1.1
> Extra Modules used: None
> URL exhibiting problem: (Appropiate URLs are back to running an old Apache.)
> 
> Symptoms:
> --
> Some virtual servers will cause the server to segfault, while others will not.
> I've not isolated the cause, yet; I figured I'd report the bug ASAP, in case there is already a fix.

Nope. An interesting point to note is that there isn't a strcasecmp in
read_request. I suppose the compiler must've inlined check_hostalias.

Let us know what you find!

Cheers,

Ben.

> 
> --
> 
> Backtrace:
> --
> #0  0x38dd5 in kill ()
> #1  0x38333 in abort ()
> #2  0x259a in seg_fault () at http_main.c:939
> #3  <signal handler called>
> #4  0x2cec1 in strcasecmp ()
> #5  0x7f2e in read_request (conn=0x79064) at http_protocol.c:470
> #6  0x2d11 in child_main (child_num_arg=0) at http_main.c:1245
> #7  0x2e1e in make_child (server_conf=0x4f034, child_num=0) at http_main.c:1293
> #8  0x332b in standalone_main (argc=3, argv=0xefbfdcd8) at http_main.c:1439
> #9  0x357c in main (argc=3, argv=0xefbfdcd8) at http_main.c:1529
>  
> Gdb claims that r at this point in read_request is NULL,
> but I don't really believe it.  I'm going to try and debug a running
> copy of the server.
> 
> --
> 
> ----- End of forwarded message from downsj@pacifier.com -----
> 
> -- 
> Rob Hartill (robh@imdb.com)
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