Malloc crash seen with pfBlockerNG main branch, 2.1.4_22

[ssalexander494]

Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

amd64
11.3-STABLE
FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE #236 21cbb70bbd1(RELENG_2_4_5): Tue Mar 24 15:26:53 EDT 2020 root@buildbot1-nyi.netgate.com:/build/ce-crossbuild-245/obj/amd64/YNx4Qq3j/build/ce-crossbuild-245/sources/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[14-Oct-2020 20:45:14 EST] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 268435464 bytes) in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc on line 2521

No FreeBSD crash data found.

[kiokoman]

uninstall pfblockerng, it is not developed anymore
and install pfblockerng-devel

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/157446/pfblockerng-crashing-due-to-memory-error/2?_=1602769027397

[ssalexander494]

What considerations are there with upgrading to the development branch, how much will we need to re-enter?

Also, what's the impact to our production systems?

[ssalexander494]

Hi,

What precautions are there for moving to the development branch of pfBlockerNG?

What steps should we do before upgrading?

Any effects we should be aware of for moving to this development branch?

Please let us know, thanks ....

[fireodo]

@ssalexander494 said in Malloc crash seen with pfBlockerNG main branch, 2.1.4_22:

Hi,

What precautions are there for moving to the development branch of pfBlockerNG?

Nothing specific.

What steps should we do before upgrading?

Uninstall the old version by keeping the settings.

Any effects we should be aware of for moving to this development branch?

None of my knowledge - that version is not really "development" - its stable since long time.

Please let us know, thanks ....

Regards,
fireodo

[kiokoman]

there is nothing to worry about, just make a backup of you configuration from diagnostic / Backup and Restore just in case.
uninstall pfblockerng and install pfblockerng-devel
You probably only need to reconfigure it
there are no particular precautions or particular problems to take into account
the code is just more updated and stable, pfblockerng is old and will be removed in the future