I installed the debug syms and ran 'rsyslog -c5 -d -n' in gdb, and then triggered the sigv, heres what I see:
$ gdb /usr/sbin/rsyslog (gdb) set args -c5 -d -n (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -c5 -d -n ... # now trigger a syslog message with 'logger' 5308.356929362:7ffff5734700: Message from UNIX socket: #5 5308.356952517:7ffff5734700: XXX: pre CM loop, length of control message 32 5308.356967407:7ffff5734700: XXX: in CM loop, 1, 2 5308.356981665:7ffff5734700: XXX: got credentials pid 29357 5308.356995776:7ffff5734700: XXX: post CM loop 5308.357011547:7ffff5734700: imuxsock: no ratelimiter for pid 29357, creating one Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x7ffff5734700 (LWP 28862)] 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () #1 0x00007ffff67801ad in MsgSetInputName (pThis=0x68f1f0, inputName=0x672970) at msg.c:1932 #2 0x00007ffff6779539 in SubmitMsg (pLstn=<value optimized out>) at imuxsock.c:558 #3 readSocket (pLstn=<value optimized out>) at imuxsock.c:671 #4 0x00007ffff6779be7 in runInput (pThrd=<value optimized out>) at imuxsock.c:740 #5 0x00000000004395d6 in thrdStarter (arg=<value optimized out>) at ../threads.c:191 #6 0x00007ffff79acd8c in start_thread () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 #7 0x00007ffff72da16d in clone () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #8 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794230 Title: Please merge rsyslog 5.8.1-1 (main) from debian unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs