Hello, and Happy 2013. I have same problem with a Kimsufi server to OVH Canada. IPv6 is configured on this Ubuntu 12.10 server.
When I start the ntpd task, ntpd make a segfault : Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1821]: ntpd 4.2.6p3@1.2290-o Mon Aug 20 15:15:21 UTC 2012 (1) Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: proto: precision = 0.200 usec Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen normally on 3 eth0 192.95.25.135 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen normally on 4 eth0 fe80::e269:95ff:fed8:6652 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen normally on 5 eth0 2607:5300:60:2987::1 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listen normally on 6 lo ::1 UDP 123 Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: peers refreshed Jan 1 17:56:02 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Listening on routing socket on fd #23 for interface updates Jan 1 17:56:06 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Deleting interface #6 lo, ::1#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=2 secs Jan 1 17:56:06 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: Deleting interface #5 eth0, 2607:5300:60:2987::1#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=2 secs Jan 1 17:56:06 ks397789 ntpd[1822]: 2605:1b00:0:1::1d interface 2607:5300:60:2987::1 -> (none) Jan 1 17:56:06 ks397789 kernel: ntpd[1822]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f176a1b5321 sp 00007fffebca98d0 error 4 in ntpd[7f176a198000+96000] Jan 1 17:56:06 ks397789 kernel: grsec: From 109.129.16.136: Segmentation fault occurred at 0000000000000008 in /usr/sbin/ntpd[ntpd:1822] uid/euid:110/110 gid/egid:118/118, parent /sbin/init[init:1] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0 Seem to crash after deleting the IPv6 interface 2607:5300:60:2987::1 The IPv6 : # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:69:95:d8:66:52 inet addr:192.95.25.135 Bcast:192.95.25.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::e269:95ff:fed8:6652/64 Scope:Link inet6 addr: 2607:5300:60:2987::1/64 Scope:Global UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1140147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1046438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:162234138 (162.2 MB) TX bytes:208465599 (208.4 MB) Interrupt:44 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:94416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:94416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:12404004 (12.4 MB) TX bytes:12404004 (12.4 MB) Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069543 Title: ntpd crashes when network interface goes down To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1069543/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs