The segmentation fault[1] is due to a NULL pointer dereference[2] at : sudo-1.8.16/plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c[3]
[1] Core was generated by `sudo bash'. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00007fa01c0a6944 in sudo_getgrgid (gid=7241) at /build/sudo-g3ghsu/sudo-1.8.16/plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c:462 462 /build/sudo-g3ghsu/sudo-1.8.16/plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c: No such file or directory. [2] (gdb) p item->d.gr $1 = (struct group *) 0x0 [3] - sudo-1.8.16/plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c:462 449 * Get a group entry by gid and allocate space for it. 450 */ 451 struct group * 452 sudo_getgrgid(gid_t gid) 453 { 454 struct cache_item key, *item; 455 struct rbnode *node; 456 debug_decl(sudo_getgrgid, SUDOERS_DEBUG_NSS) 457 458 key.k.gid = gid; 459 getauthregistry(NULL, key.registry); 460 if ((node = rbfind(grcache_bygid, &key)) != NULL) { 461 item = node->data; 462 sudo_debug_printf(SUDO_DEBUG_DEBUG, 463 "%s: gid %u [%s] -> group %s [%s] (cache hit)", __func__, 464 (unsigned int)gid, key.registry, item->d.gr->gr_name, 465 item->registry); 466 goto done; 467 } Three months ago, a additional debugging for pwutil functions has been introduced[4] upstream. The addition is exactly where the segfault happen. I think it is worth looking this commit as a starting point. [4] https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/908b83c3acbb changeset 10331:908b83c3acbb Additional debugging for pwutil functions. author Todd C. Miller <todd.mil...@courtesan.com> date Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:04:59 -0700 (3 months ago) parents 5a2921412663 children 5113a3c04494 files plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c ... Thanks, Eric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sudo in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565567 Title: segv in sudo_getgrgid Status in sudo package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: If the user is in a group with no name (because libnss-db got removed and the group was defined there, for example...) then: the call to sudo_debug_printf in sudo_getgrgid (plugins/sudoers/pwutil.c, line 462) causes a SEGV when trying to get item->d.gr->gr_name (since item->d.gr is NULL). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/1565567/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp