Pkg - need to re-create database -> Segmentation fault

rbgarga

@Renato:

Hi Dan,

I suspect I know what is causing that. Can you please run 'truss pkg update -f' and send me the result?

Send directly via email @FreeBSD.org

It's exactly what I suspected. There is a bug in pkg that causes this crash. You can see details here:

https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/pull/1586

We already fixed it in pfSense before submit the patch to upstream, and based on truss output we can see:


openat(AT_FDCWD,"/usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty",O_RDONLY,00) = 8 (0x8)
fstat(8,{ mode=-rw-r–r-- ,inode=140382,size=0,blksize=4096 }) = 0 (0x0)
close(8)					 = 0 (0x0)
SIGNAL 11 (SIGSEGV)
process killed, signal = 11 (core dumped)

The presence of the empty file /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty is the cause. I suspect there is a /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/.empty file too. Just remove them and it will work as expected. As soon as you update pkg to latest version bug will be fixed.

dvl

One file is there. I have removed it.

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jul 19  2016 /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/.empty
ls: /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/.empty: No such file or directory
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root:

After that, I retried the command:

 pkg-static install -f pkg
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg-static: Repository pfSense-core load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
pkg-static: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
packagesite.txz                          : 100%    2 KiB   2.3kB/s    00:01    
pkg-static: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg-static: Repository pfSense load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
pkg-static: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
packagesite.txz                          : 100%  119 KiB 121.8kB/s    00:01    
pkg-static: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!

What do we have there?

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l /var/db/pkg/
total 4486
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      246 Mar 29 04:38 local.meta
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4578304 Mar 29 23:03 local.sqlite
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      246 Aug  4 16:07 pfSense-core.meta
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      246 Aug  4 16:07 pfSense.meta
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root:

I don't want to try anything else in case there are forensics to be used.

jimp

Do you have key files in /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/?

You should have, for example, pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 and beta.pfsense.org.20151223 in there.

dvl

@jimp:

Do you have key files in /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/?

You should have, for example, pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 and beta.pfsense.org.20151223 in there.

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l  /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted
total 1
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Jul 19  2016 beta.pfsense.org.20151223
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Mar 30 11:34 pkg.pfsense.org.20160406

rbgarga

@dvl:

@jimp:

Do you have key files in /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/?

You should have, for example, pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 and beta.pfsense.org.20151223 in there.
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l  /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted
total 1
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Jul 19  2016 beta.pfsense.org.20151223
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Mar 30 11:34 pkg.pfsense.org.20160406

Do you see any error messages when you run 'pkg update -f'? No need to use pkg-static now since the empty file that was causing the crash was removed.

If you see the errors, run 'pkg -dd update -f' and share the output

dvl

@Renato:

@dvl:
@jimp:

Do you have key files in /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/?

You should have, for example, pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 and beta.pfsense.org.20151223 in there.
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l  /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted
total 1
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Jul 19  2016 beta.pfsense.org.20151223
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Mar 30 11:34 pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
Do you see any error messages when you run 'pkg update -f'? No need to use pkg-static now since the empty file that was causing the crash was removed.

If you see the errors, run 'pkg -dd update -f' and share the output

Here we go

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: pkg -dd update -f
DBG(1)[50590]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50590]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite'
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://www.firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-core/meta.txz with opts "i"
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting meta of repo pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50716]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://www.firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-core/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
packagesite.txz                          : 100%    2 KiB   2.3kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting packagesite.yaml of repo pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50987]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
pkg: Repository pfSense load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense
DBG(1)[50590]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite'
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-pfSense_factory-v2_3_3/meta.txz with opts "i"
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting meta of repo pfSense
DBG(1)[51205]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-pfSense_factory-v2_3_3/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
packagesite.txz                          : 100%  119 KiB 121.8kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting packagesite.yaml of repo pfSense
DBG(1)[51295]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root:

rbgarga

@dvl:

@Renato:

@dvl:
@jimp:

Do you have key files in /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/?

You should have, for example, pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 and beta.pfsense.org.20151223 in there.
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: ls -l  /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted
total 1
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Jul 19  2016 beta.pfsense.org.20151223
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  95 Mar 30 11:34 pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
Do you see any error messages when you run 'pkg update -f'? No need to use pkg-static now since the empty file that was causing the crash was removed.

If you see the errors, run 'pkg -dd update -f' and share the output

Here we go

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: pkg -dd update -f
DBG(1)[50590]> pkg initialized
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense-core
pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50590]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite'
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://www.firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-core/meta.txz with opts "i"
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting meta of repo pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50716]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense-core has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://www.firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-core/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
packagesite.txz                          : 100%    2 KiB   2.3kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting packagesite.yaml of repo pfSense-core
DBG(1)[50987]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense-core
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: verifying update for pfSense
pkg: Repository pfSense load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense
DBG(1)[50590]> Pkgrepo, begin update of '/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite'
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-pfSense_factory-v2_3_3/meta.txz with opts "i"
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting meta of repo pfSense
DBG(1)[51205]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
DBG(1)[50590]> Fetch: fetching from: https://firmware.netgate.com/pkg/pfSense_factory-v2_3_3_amd64-pfSense_factory-v2_3_3/packagesite.txz with opts "i"
packagesite.txz                          : 100%  119 KiB 121.8kB/s    00:01    
DBG(1)[50590]> PkgRepo: extracting packagesite.yaml of repo pfSense
DBG(1)[51295]> PkgRepo: extracting signature of repo in a sandbox
pkg: No trusted public keys found
Unable to update repository pfSense
Error updating repositories!
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?

dvl

@Renato:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: cat /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
function: sha256
fingerprint: 30be9cc2e7b2b3ba1ff3b2be1795f3f0719ab9a65322695703dc7b8f004035a8

rbgarga

@dvl:

@Renato:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: cat /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
function: sha256
fingerprint: 30be9cc2e7b2b3ba1ff3b2be1795f3f0719ab9a65322695703dc7b8f004035a8

Interesting, you have CE keys but your system is configured to use factory repositories. I just don't know how this key ended up there. Did you make any custom change on this system? Is it expected to be a factory system or CE?

dvl

@Renato:

@dvl:
@Renato:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: cat /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
function: sha256
fingerprint: 30be9cc2e7b2b3ba1ff3b2be1795f3f0719ab9a65322695703dc7b8f004035a8
Interesting, you have CE keys but your system is configured to use factory repositories. I just don't know how this key ended up there. Did you make any custom change on this system? Is it expected to be a factory system or CE?

CE is community edition, I'm guessing.

pfSense was installed when I got this box (Netgate APU2).

Does that answer?

rbgarga

@dvl:

@Renato:
@dvl:
@Renato:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: cat /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
function: sha256
fingerprint: 30be9cc2e7b2b3ba1ff3b2be1795f3f0719ab9a65322695703dc7b8f004035a8
Interesting, you have CE keys but your system is configured to use factory repositories. I just don't know how this key ended up there. Did you make any custom change on this system? Is it expected to be a factory system or CE?
CE is community edition, I'm guessing.

pfSense was installed when I got this box (Netgate APU2).

Does that answer?

Yes, CE is community edition.

If you are using Netgate hardware you are supposed to be running factory. Now the question is how the CE key ended up on your system. Did you install any package manually? changed anything while testing?

I'll send you factory public key.

dvl

@Renato:

@dvl:
@Renato:
@dvl:
@Renato:

Just to make sure you are using the proper keys. What is the content of /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406 ?
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: cat /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/pkg.pfsense.org.20160406
function: sha256
fingerprint: 30be9cc2e7b2b3ba1ff3b2be1795f3f0719ab9a65322695703dc7b8f004035a8
Interesting, you have CE keys but your system is configured to use factory repositories. I just don't know how this key ended up there. Did you make any custom change on this system? Is it expected to be a factory system or CE?
CE is community edition, I'm guessing.

pfSense was installed when I got this box (Netgate APU2).

Does that answer?
Yes, CE is community edition.

If you are using Netgate hardware you are supposed to be running factory. Now the question is how the CE key ended up on your system. Did you install any package manually? changed anything while testing?

I'll send you factory public key.

Yes, I know I installed at least one package (bacula-client) from my own repo. I know that was September 2016 because it was during EuroBSDCon.

Later, I recall some pkg update which drew down from my repo. That messed stuff up, so I went to a backup to restore service.

dvl

After replacing my CE key with the factory key:

[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root: pkg update -f
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository pfSense-core load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense-core.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
packagesite.txz                          : 100%    2 KiB   2.3kB/s    00:01    
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense-core repository update completed. 15 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository pfSense load error: access repo file(/var/db/pkg/repo-pfSense.sqlite) failed: No such file or directory
meta.txz                                 : 100%  944 B     0.9kB/s    00:01    
packagesite.txz                          : 100%  119 KiB 121.8kB/s    00:01    
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense repository update completed. 439 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
[2.3.2-RELEASE][admin@bast.int.unixathome.org]/root:

dvl

On a side note, since correcting the key, this feature on the pfSense home page now works. It has been broken for some time. I think we know why.

Version 2.3.3_1 is available.

dvl

Upgraded: 2.3.4-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)

dvl

All green on Nagios. Thank you for your help. I appreciate it.

graysam

I cannot thank you enough Renato. I've been tearing my hair out for a few months with this issue before stumbling upon your suggestion here. Sure enough, /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty was there - and the moment it was removed, presto! All I wanted to do was install man :'(.

This will be pinned prominently in my notebook! (Though all other systems I manage have been upgraded past 2.3.3!)

Cheers,

Sam.

@Renato:

It's exactly what I suspected. There is a bug in pkg that causes this crash. You can see details here:

https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/pull/1586

We already fixed it in pfSense before submit the patch to upstream, and based on truss output we can see:

The presence of the empty file /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/revoked/.empty is the cause. I suspect there is a /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg/trusted/.empty file too. Just remove them and it will work as expected. As soon as you update pkg to latest version bug will be fixed.