BIND 9.3 hangs after logging RUNTIME_CHECK error

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Issue

  • The named daemon when acting as a caching nameserver hangs after logging a RUNTIME_CHECK error regarding pthread_mutex_destroy().
    • The daemon does not process any requests beyond this point and needs to be killed.
    • Attempting to restart the service takes an extended amount of time.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
  • bind-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.4

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