IT26572: DSMADMC MAY CRASH WHEN TERMINATING "DSMADMC -CONSOLE" BY CTRL+C

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Problem Description:
  "dsmadmc -console" may crash when it is terminated by Ctrl+C as
  described in the product manual.  No impact exists for other
  client sessions.
  
  
  The issue occurrs when using the SSL as communication.
  Note that all 7.1.8/8.1.2 and upper client versions are using
  SSL by default.
  
  
  IBM Tivoli Storage Manager/IBM Spectrum Protect Versions
  affected:
  IBM Spectrum Protect client all supported versions for all Linux
  platforms
  
  
  Additional Keywords:
  "dsmadmc -console"; terminate; TS001316198
  
  
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics (If Applicable)
  Here is the call stack.
  
  *** glibc detected *** dsmadmc: double free or corruption
  (!prev): 0x000002aa00acc010 ***
  ======= Backtrace: =========
  /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x87f84)[0x3fffcd4ef84]
  /lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x3fffcd54d96]
  dsmadmc(+0x1509f6)[0x2aa005d79f6]
  dsmadmc(+0x12676a)[0x2aa005ad76a]
  dsmadmc(+0x1267ca)[0x2aa005ad7ca]
  dsmadmc(+0x74b20)[0x2aa004fbb20]
  [0x3ffff993144]
  /lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x4a)[0x3fffcd0056a]
  /lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x138)[0x3fffcd01bb4]
  /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf710)[0x3fffd0a1710]
  /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so(+0x16165a)[0x3fffd3a965a]
  /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so(+0x1d7d12)[0x3fffd41fd12]
  /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so(+0x1d595c)[0x3fffd41d95c]
  /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so(+0x18df86)[0x3fffd3d5f86]
  /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so(gsk_secure_soc_read+0x20e)[0x3fffd30
  ccd6]
  dsmadmc(+0x940b4)[0x2aa0051b0b4]
  dsmadmc(_Z16TcpReadAvailableP6Comm_pPhjPi+0xe0)[0x2aa007c39f8]
  dsmadmc(_Z7TcpReadP6Comm_pPhj+0xd4)[0x2aa007c446c]
  dsmadmc(_Z8commReadP6Comm_pPhj+0x20)[0x2aa005226f8]
  dsmadmc(+0x8535c)[0x2aa0050c35c]
  dsmadmc(+0x9dafa)[0x2aa00524afa]
  dsmadmc(+0x752a0)[0x2aa004fc2a0]
  dsmadmc(+0x75eac)[0x2aa004fceac]
  dsmadmc(main+0x8b6)[0x2aa004ff17e]
  /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x114)[0x3fffcce81d8]
  dsmadmc(+0x72f50)[0x2aa004f9f50]
  
  
  
  Initial Impact:
  low
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client versions 7.1 and  *
  * 8.1 on all Unix and Linux platforms.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fixing level when available. This issue is projected   *
  * to be fixed in the 8.1.7 updates to the:                     *
  *     1) IBM Spectrum Protect for UNIX and Linux               *
  * Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide,        *
  *     2) IBM Spectrum Protect for AIX Administrator's          *
  * Reference, and                                               *
  *     3) IBM Spectrum Protect for Linux Administrator's        *
  * Reference.                                                   *
  *                                                              *
  * Until this information is published, the associated          *
  * information updates are documented in the                    *
  * V8.1 Documentation Updates tech note located here:           *
  * http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27048955       *
  *                                                              *
  * You can locate the entry associated with this APAR by using  *
  * the APAR number as a keyword to search the document.         *
  *                                                              *
  * Note: This information is subject to change at the           *
  * discretion of IBM.                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The missing information will be published with the:
      1) IBM Spectrum Protect for UNIX and Linux Backup-Archive
  Clients Installation and User's Guide,
      2) IBM Spectrum Protect for AIX Administrator's Reference,
  and
      3) IBM Spectrum Protect for Linux Administrator's Reference
  8.1.7 documentation and included in the V8.1 Documentation
  Updates tech note.
  
  The update will be reflected with the note regarding Ctrl-C /
  kill -15 / kill -9 commands in the topics titled as:
      Client - Ending a session
      Server - Starting and stopping the administrative client
      Server - Monitoring server activities from the
  administrative client
  

Temporary fix

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