Thanks. Loading busybox-static-dbgsym and retracing this with gdb, I see the following backtrace:
(gdb) thread apply all bt full Thread 1 (Thread 0x11bb880 (LWP 31592)): #0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007f601bb0af90 in __pthread_initialize_minimal_internal () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f601bb0a571 in _init () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f601c358f70 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #4 0x00000000004f147a in call_init.part () No symbol table info available. #5 0x00000000004f1635 in _dl_init () No symbol table info available. #6 0x00000000004e3a46 in dl_open_worker () No symbol table info available. #7 0x00000000004e11f4 in _dl_catch_error () No symbol table info available. #8 0x00000000004e33b9 in _dl_open () No symbol table info available. #9 0x000000000049ff22 in do_dlopen () No symbol table info available. ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #10 0x00000000004e11f4 in _dl_catch_error () No symbol table info available. #11 0x00000000004a010e in __libc_dlopen_mode () No symbol table info available. #12 0x0000000000493aa8 in __nss_next2 () No symbol table info available. #13 0x000000000048b310 in gethostbyaddr_r () No symbol table info available. #14 0x000000000048d158 in gni_host_inet_name.isra () No symbol table info available. #15 0x000000000048d752 in getnameinfo () No symbol table info available. #16 0x000000000058c312 in sockaddr2str (sa=0x11bdc50, flags=flags@entry=10) at libbb/xconnect.c:439 host = "8.8.8.8\000\000\334\033\001", '\000' <repeats 20 times>, "\350\003\000\000\000\000\000\000\261tB\000\000\000\000\000\002\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\b\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\240\064\203\230\377\177\000\000\372\316B\000\000\000\000\000\003\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\240\064\203\230\377\177\000\000\220\064\203\230\377\177\000\000\372\235O\000\000\000\000\000\003\000\000\000\000\000\000\000K\303X\000\000\000\000" serv = "0\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000K~\000\000\000\000" rc = <optimized out> salen = <optimized out> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #17 0x000000000058caf0 in xmalloc_sockaddr2hostonly_noport (sa=<optimized out>) at libbb/xconnect.c:476 No locals. #18 0x000000000050eb64 in print_host (hostname=<optimized out>, header=header@entry=0x5c187f "Server:") at networking/nslookup.c:92 dotted = 0x11be080 "8.8.8.8" revhost = <optimized out> cur = 0x11bdc20 cnt = 0 result = 0x11bdc20 rc = 0 hint = {ai_flags = 0, ai_family = 0, ai_socktype = 1, ai_protocol = 0, ai_addrlen = 0, ai_addr = 0x0, ai_canonname = 0x0, ai_next = 0x0} #19 0x000000000050ec15 in server_print () at networking/nslookup.c:129 server = <optimized out> sa = <optimized out> #20 nslookup_main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7fff988337a0) at networking/nslookup.c:189 No locals. #21 0x00000000004f890e in run_applet_no_and_exit (applet_no=<optimized out>, argv=argv@entry=0x7fff988337a0) at libbb/appletlib.c:759 argc = <optimized out> #22 0x00000000004f8aa8 in run_applet_and_exit (name=0x7fff988344df "nslookup", ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- argv=argv@entry=0x7fff988337a0) at libbb/appletlib.c:766 applet = <optimized out> #23 0x00000000004f8d19 in busybox_main (argv=0x7fff988337a0) at libbb/appletlib.c:728 No locals. #24 run_applet_and_exit (name=<optimized out>, argv=argv@entry=0x7fff98833798) at libbb/appletlib.c:768 applet = <optimized out> #25 0x00000000004f8ede in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7fff98833798) at libbb/appletlib.c:823 No locals. (gdb) I think this may map to https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/c7906cb4fb8d9ab7fa9b995d00b3565b2eddccd4 on the error tracker, which interestingly enough is reported only on 17.04 (zesty). The stack trace points into the NSS modules used behind gethostbyaddr_r(). I'm unclear why the nslookup tool would be using NSS, but maybe we can understand the bug better by looking at this. Can you attach the /etc/nsswitch.conf file from the affected system? Can you also confirm the version of the libc6 package you have installed when this happens? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to busybox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723956 Title: busybox-static: several network applets segfaulting Status in busybox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On a fully up-to-date Ubuntu 17.04, running most applets from busybox- static that are network-related lead to a segfault. Example: $ busybox nslookup google.com 8.8.8.8 Server: 8.8.8.8 Segmentation fault $ busybox BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2) multi-call binary. [...] $ apt-cache policy busybox busybox: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 Version table: 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 500 500 http://ftp.fau.de/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages $ dpkg -S /bin/busybox busybox-static: /bin/busybox $ apt-cache policy busybox-static busybox-static: Installed: 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 500 500 http://ftp.fau.de/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status This even happens when passing invalid domains or DNS servers to use that don't actually run any DNS service. (like "busybox nslookup google.com 1.2.3.4" or "busybox nslookup bar.foof00 8.8.8.8"), so it seems to be early in the network setup. I could not reproduce the problem on the very same system when compiling stock busybox 1.22.1 (why even? we're at 1.27.x!) myself, neither with a recent git clone. Also two VMs I had at hand running Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 didn't show this problem with busybox-static. Installing the package "busybox" (which removes busybox-static) fixes the problem on 17.04. The only thing that might be related in any way about my system is that it has no IPv6 connectivity (apart from the link-local address). I also sent a crash report when the apport window popped up, but I have no idea where this ends up and how to add further information, hence this report here. Please let me know if this seemingly trivial bug cannot be reproduced instantly, so I can try to assist with further information. 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