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  1. Facter
  2. FACT-2856

Facter fails when interface name is not UTF-8

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • FACT 4.0.47
    • None
    • Night's Watch
    • 3
    • ghost 25.11
    • Needs Assessment
    • Bug Fix
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      A pointer used to indicate networking information was being released by the GC to early and the memory was overriden, resulting in inconsistent data.

      The fix extends the scope of the pointer so that the memory it points to does not get freed prematurely.
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      A pointer used to indicate networking information was being released by the GC to early and the memory was overriden, resulting in inconsistent data. The fix extends the scope of the pointer so that the memory it points to does not get freed prematurely.
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      OS Name/Version: Solaris 11-64

      **Facter fails with the following message:

      raceback (most recent call last):
      		 
              12: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/facter:10:in `<main>'
      		 
              11: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/framework/cli/cli_launcher.rb:23:in `start'
      		 
              10: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.0.1/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in `start'
      		 
               9: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.0.1/lib/thor.rb:392:in `dispatch'
      		 
               8: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.0.1/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command'
      		 
               7: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.0.1/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
      		 
               6: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/framework/cli/cli.rb:114:in `query'
      		 
               5: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter.rb:395:in `to_user_output'
      		 
               4: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/framework/formatters/legacy_fact_formatter.rb:16:in `format'
      		 
               3: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/framework/formatters/legacy_fact_formatter.rb:26:in `format_for_no_query'
      		 
               2: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/framework/formatters/legacy_fact_formatter.rb:63:in `hash_to_facter_format'
      		 
               1: from /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.7.0/json/common.rb:286:in `pretty_generate'
      		 
      /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/2.7.0/json/common.rb:286:in `generate': "\\xC8" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 (Encoding::UndefinedConversionError)

       

      The problem is reproducible 1 in 10 runs with --show-legacy argument. 

      Other faulty logs:

      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.648504 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Command /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i b ServerID completed with the following stderr message: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo: interface is not under DHCP control
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.648775 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.648885 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.649085 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.654791 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i  ServerID
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.658743 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/smbios -t SMB_TYPE_BIOS
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.662268 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Command /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i  ServerID completed with the following stderr message: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo: interface is not under DHCP control
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.662619 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.662774 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.663076 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 9
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.663639 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i T�~
      		 
      �~
      		 
      x� ServerID
      		 

      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.678758 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - resolving fact dhcp, but undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.679221 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 134
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.679957 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i lo0 ServerID
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.684805 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Command /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i lo0 ServerID completed with the following stderr message: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo: interface is not under DHCP control
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.685528 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i net0 ServerID
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.690370 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 134
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.691141 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i lo0 ServerID
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.695950 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Command /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i lo0 ServerID completed with the following stderr message: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo: interface is not under DHCP control
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.696140 ] DEBUG Facter::Resolvers::Solaris::Networking - Error! 134
      		 
      [2020-11-12 06:40:30.697004 ] DEBUG Facter::Core::Execution::Posix - Executing command: /usr/sbin/dhcpinfo -i net0 ServerID

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. FACT-2867 Facter SEGFAULT in acceptance test on solaris11-64a

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