IDM DNS server fails to start: exiting (due to assertion failure) when security updates are installed

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Issue

  • After system security updates, IDM DNS server named-pkcs11 fails to start

    # ipactl start
    Starting Directory Service
    Starting krb5kdc Service
    Starting kadmin Service
    Starting named Service
    Failed to start named Service
    Shutting down
    Hint: You can use --ignore-service-failure option for forced start in case that a non-critical service failed
    Aborting ipact
    
  • Below error message is recorded in /var/log/messages:

    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: ../../../lib/dns-pkcs11/name.c:1116: REQUIRE((target != ((void *)0) && (__builtin_expect(((target) != ((void *)0)), 1) && __builtin_expect((((const isc__magic_t *)(target))->magic == (0x42756621U)), 1))) || (target == ((void *)0) && (__builtin_expect(((name->buffer) != ((void *)0)), 1) && __builtin_expect((((const isc__magic_t *)(name->buffer))->magic == (0x42756621U)), 1)))) failed, back trace
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #0 0x55ad35753d14 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #1 0x7f50d3ed0fe0 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #2 0x7f50d41e37b2 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #3 0x7f50c9746156 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #4 0x7f50c97465e1 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #5 0x7f50c9747e60 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #6 0x7f50c9748214 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #7 0x7f50c97513e0 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #8 0x7f50d3ef8904 in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #9 0x7f50d3ef958f in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #10 0x7f50d12e71ca in ??
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: #11 0x7f50d0bebe73 in ??
    <...>
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 named-pkcs11[29928]: exiting (due to assertion failure)
    Apr 19 10:34:45 rhel8 systemd-coredump[29937]: Process 29928 (named-pkcs11) of user 25 dumped core.#012#012Stack trace of thread 29929:#012#0  0x00007f50d0c00acf raise (libc.so.6)#012#1  0x00007f50d0bd3ea5 abort (libc.so.6)#012#2  0x000055ad3573cd2a assertion_failed.cold.5 <...>
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
    • bind-9.11.36-11.el8_9.1
    • bind-dyndb-ldap-11.6-4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3
    • bind-9.16.23-14.el9_3.4
    • bind-dyndb-ldap-11.9-8
  • Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) / FreeIPA

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