[Satellite6] goferd occasinaly segfaults in libcurl / urlgrabber

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • under unknown circumstances, goferd on Content Hosts segfaults
  • backtrace suggests the crash happened within libcurl / urlgrabber library
  • on the affected system:
    • a package was (un)installed or errata applied via katello agent / goferd
    • /etc/yum.repos.d/redhat.repo was modified by either way (i.e. via enabling a repo via subscription-manager)

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 client
    • katello-agent-2.5.0-5 or older
    • python-urlgrabber and libcurl older than from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In
Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.