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LIN8-5991 : glibc: pthread_create segfault

Created: Mar 10, 2017    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Mar 17, 2017
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.16
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Userspace

Description

This is an issue (use after free) of detached pthreads.

It is a regression. glibc-2.19 works well. Fixed in glibc-2.25.

Related systemd issue issue: 
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4905

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20116

Steps to Reproduce

configure --enable-board=intel_x86-64 --enable-kernel=standard --enable-rootfs=glibc-std --enable-internet-download=yes  --with-package=gdb --with-template=feature/kvm,feature/target-toolchain 

root@qemu3:~# ./reproducer 
.reproducer[12667]: segfault at 7fa5c2bf8d13 ip 00007fa631881b97 sp 00007ffdd3b7f170 error 4 in libpthread-2.22.so[7fa63187a000+18000]
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

root@qemu3:~# gdb ./reproducer core.12667
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Reading symbols from ./reproducer...done.
[New LWP 12667]
[New LWP 24557]

warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `./reproducer'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0  __pthread_create_2_1 (newthread=0x7ffdd3b7f278, attr=<optimized out>, 
    start_routine=0x4008a7 <thread_start>, arg=0x0) at pthread_create.c:709
709	      if (pd->stopped_start)
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7fa631cb0700 (LWP 12667))]
(gdb) bt
#0  __pthread_create_2_1 (newthread=0x7ffdd3b7f278, attr=<optimized out>, 
    start_routine=0x4008a7 <thread_start>, arg=0x0) at pthread_create.c:709
#1  0x0000000000400a18 in main ()
(gdb) p *pd
Cannot access memory at address 0x7fa5c2bf8700

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