[Bug 1375072] [NEW] logrotate for smbd log restarts nmbd instead of smbd

Matthias Andree 1375072 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Sep 29 00:11:24 UTC 2014


*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

Marking security because this causes loss of logging information.

     1	/var/log/samba/log.smbd {
     2		weekly
     3		missingok
     4		rotate 7
     5		postrotate
     6			[ ! -f /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid ] || kill -HUP `cat /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid`
     7		endscript
     8		compress
     9		notifempty
    10	}

Please see line 6 - although we are rotating log.smbd,
logrotate is asked to send the HUP signal to the wrong process, nmbd.

In two places, nmbd.pid must be replaced by smbd.pid, 
otherwise processes continue to log into a compressed/deleted logfile, causing logs to get lost.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-65.131-generic-pae 2.6.32.63+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-65-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 29 02:06:53 2014
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SambaServerRegression: No
SourcePackage: samba

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  logrotate for smbd log restarts nmbd instead of smbd

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Marking security because this causes loss of logging information.

       1	/var/log/samba/log.smbd {
       2		weekly
       3		missingok
       4		rotate 7
       5		postrotate
       6			[ ! -f /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid ] || kill -HUP `cat /var/run/samba/nmbd.pid`
       7		endscript
       8		compress
       9		notifempty
      10	}

  Please see line 6 - although we are rotating log.smbd,
  logrotate is asked to send the HUP signal to the wrong process, nmbd.

  In two places, nmbd.pid must be replaced by smbd.pid, 
  otherwise processes continue to log into a compressed/deleted logfile, causing logs to get lost.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-65.131-generic-pae 2.6.32.63+drm33.26
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-65-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Sep 29 02:06:53 2014
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SambaServerRegression: No
  SourcePackage: samba

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