I also encountered the same problem, so I will report it including the
reproduction procedure
* Reproduction method
1. install keepalived
# apt-get -y install keepalived
2. configre keepalived(interface name changed appropriately)
# cat <<EOF > /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
global_defs {
notification_email {
root@localhost
}
notification_email_from root@localhost
smtp_server localhost
smtp_connect_timeout 30
}
vrrp_instance vi100 {
state BACKUP
interface enp0s8
virtual_router_id 100
garp_master_delay 1
nopreempt
priority 200
advert_int 1
smtp_alert
virtual_ipaddress {
10.10.10.10
}
}
EOF
3. start keepalived
# systemctl start keepalived
4. Reload several times until a problem occurs
# systemctl reload keepalived
5. problem occurs
Confirmed that either event occurs
* Stop keepalived process
* Keepalived child process stop/start indefinitely(First reported)
6. logs
/var/log/messages
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19802]: Reloading
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19802]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: Registering Kernel
netlink reflector
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: Registering Kernel
netlink command channel
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: Registering
gratuitous ARP shared channel
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: (vi100) Entering
BACKUP STATE (init)
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: SMTP connection ERROR
to [127.0.0.1]:25.
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19806]: Reloading
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19810]: Registering Kernel
netlink reflector
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19810]: Registering Kernel
netlink command channel
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19810]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19811]: Registering Kernel
netlink reflector
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19811]: Registering Kernel
netlink command channel
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19811]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19812]: Registering Kernel
netlink reflector
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19812]: Registering Kernel
netlink command channel
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19812]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19813]: Registering Kernel
netlink reflector
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived_vrrp[19813]: Registering Kernel
netlink command channel
/var/log/daemon.log
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 systemd[1]: Reloading Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Reloading ...
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19802)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19806
Jun 25 15:04:35 debian10 systemd[1]: Reloaded Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 systemd[1]: Reloading Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Reloading ...
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Opening file
'/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf'.
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19806)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19810
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 systemd[1]: Reloaded Keepalive Daemon (LVS and VRRP).
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19810)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19811
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19811)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19812
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19812)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19813
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: VRRP child process(19813)
died: Respawning
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Starting VRRP child
process, pid=19814
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 keepalived[19732]: malloc(): smallbin double
linked list corrupted
Jun 25 15:04:36 debian10 Keepalived[19732]: Keepalived_vrrp exited due
to signal 6
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages keepalived depends on:
ii iproute2 4.20.0-2
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libglib2.0-0 2.58.3-2+deb10u2
ii libip4tc0 1.8.2-4
ii libip6tc0 1.8.2-4
ii libjson-c3 0.12.1+ds-2
ii libnl-3-200 3.4.0-1
ii libnl-genl-3-200 3.4.0-1
ii libsnmp30 5.7.3+dfsg-5
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1d-0+deb10u3
ii libxtables12 1.8.2-4
Versions of packages keepalived recommends:
ii ipvsadm 1:1.29-1
keepalived suggests no packages.
