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      ffuentes @rloeb
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      @rloeb no output for me when it locked up.
      Once it reboots I can see the normal boot process.

      @kphillips Anything I can capture to help out?

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        mcury Rebel Alliance @mcury
        last edited by mcury

        After enabling pfBlockerNG, rebooted the system and the problem didn't happen.
        So I accessed the GUI, clicked in Firewall>pfBlockerNG>Update>Reload all>Run

        Then I rebooted again, and the problem happened.
        It seems that it happens hourly after the cron update from pfblockerng, or if I manually force a reload or an update, and it's triggered during the first boot after that.

        • GUI is inaccessible.
        • SSH from a device in LAN to pfsense LAN interface - Works
        • SSH from VLAN WIFI to devices in another VLAN - Don't work.
        • Ping to pfsense LAN interface from a PC in the LAN - Works.
        • Ping from a PC in the LAN to 8.8.8.8 - Don't work.

        ifconfig -va

        21.02-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/root: ifconfig -va
        mvneta0: flags=8a02<BROADCAST,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=800bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1b
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        	status: no carrier
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        mvneta1: flags=88a43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,STATICARP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	description: mgmt
        	options=bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1c
        	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        	inet 172.16.200.1 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 172.16.200.7
        	media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        	status: active
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        mvneta2: flags=8a43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	options=800bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1d
        	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41d%mvneta2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
        	inet6 X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X prefixlen 64 autoconf
        	inet6 X:X:X::X prefixlen 128
        	inet X.X.X.X netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast X.X.X.X
        	inet 192.168.100.2 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.100.2
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        	nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
        	groups: enc
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
        	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
        	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
        	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
        	inet 10.10.10.1 netmask 0xffffffff
        	groups: lo
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33184
        	groups: pflog
        pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	groups: pfsync
        mvneta1.100: flags=88843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,STATICARP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	description: lan
        	options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1c
        	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.100 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xd
        	inet 192.168.255.249 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 192.168.255.255
        	groups: vlan
        	vlan: 100 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: mvneta1
        	media: Ethernet Other <full-duplex>
        	status: active
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        mvneta1.10: flags=88843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,STATICARP> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	description: wifi
        	options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1c
        	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xe
        	inet6 fe80::1:1%mvneta1.10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xe
        	inet6 X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X prefixlen 64
        	inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 192.168.10.15
        	groups: vlan
        	vlan: 10 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: mvneta1
        	media: Ethernet Other <full-duplex>
        	status: active
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        mvneta1.20: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	description: guest
        	options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        	ether 00:08:a2:0c:c4:1c
        	inet6 fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.20 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xf
        	inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
        	groups: vlan
        	vlan: 20 vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: mvneta1
        	media: Ethernet Other <full-duplex>
        	status: active
        	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        

        netstat -rn

        [21.02-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/root: netstat -rn
        Routing tables
        
        Internet:
        Destination        Gateway            Flags     Netif Expire
        default            X.X.X.X      UGS     mvneta2
        10.10.10.1         link#10            UH          lo0
        127.0.0.1          link#10            UH          lo0
        172.16.200.0/29    link#2             U       mvneta1
        172.16.200.1       link#2             UHS         lo0
        X.X.X.X/22   link#8             U       mvneta2
        X.X.X.X    link#8             UHS         lo0
        192.168.10.0/28    link#14            U      mvneta1.
        192.168.10.1       link#14            UHS         lo0
        192.168.20.0/24    link#15            U      mvneta1.
        192.168.20.1       link#15            UHS         lo0
        192.168.100.2      link#8             UHS         lo0
        192.168.100.2/32   link#8             U       mvneta2
        192.168.255.248/29 link#13            U      mvneta1.
        192.168.255.249    link#13            UHS         lo0
        
        Internet6:
        Destination                       Gateway                       Flags     Netif Expire
        default                           fe80::2c8:8bff:fed8:3419%mvneta2 UG   mvneta2
        ::1                               link#10                       UH          lo0
        X:X:X::/64                link#8                        U       mvneta2
        X:X:X::X                link#8                        UHS         lo0
        X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X link#8                       UHS         lo0
        X:X:X:X::/64           link#14                       U      mvneta1.
        X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X link#14                   UHS         lo0
        fe80::%mvneta1/64                 link#2                        U       mvneta1
        fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1  link#2                        UHS         lo0
        fe80::%mvneta2/64                 link#8                        U       mvneta2
        fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41d%mvneta2  link#8                        UHS         lo0
        fe80::%lo0/64                     link#10                       U           lo0
        fe80::1%lo0                       link#10                       UHS         lo0
        fe80::%mvneta1.100/64             link#13                       U      mvneta1.
        fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.100 link#13                    UHS         lo0
        fe80::%mvneta1.10/64              link#14                       U      mvneta1.
        fe80::1:1%mvneta1.10              link#14                       UHS         lo0
        fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.10 link#14                     UHS         lo0
        fe80::%mvneta1.20/64              link#15                       U      mvneta1.
        fe80::208:a2ff:fe0c:c41c%mvneta1.20 link#15                     UHS         lo0
        

        etherswitchcfg

        21.02-RELEASE][root@pfsense.local.lan]/root: etherswitchcfg 
        etherswitch0: VLAN mode: DOT1Q
        port1:
        	pvid: 100
        	state=8<FORWARDING>
        	flags=0<>
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        port2:
        	pvid: 100
        	state=8<FORWARDING>
        	flags=0<>
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        port3:
        	pvid: 100
        	state=8<FORWARDING>
        	flags=0<>
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,master>)
        	status: active
        port4:
        	pvid: 1
        	state=8<FORWARDING>
        	flags=0<>
        	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
        	status: active
        port5:
        	pvid: 1
        	state=8<FORWARDING>
        	flags=1<CPUPORT>
        	media: Ethernet 2500Base-KX <full-duplex>
        	status: active
        vlangroup0:
        	vlan: 1
        	members 4,5
        vlangroup1:
        	vlan: 100
        	members 1,2,3,4t,5t
        vlangroup2:
        	vlan: 10
        	members 4t,5t
        vlangroup3:
        	vlan: 20
        	members 4t,5t
        

        dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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          ffuentes
          last edited by

          @mcury Awesome find! It kinda makes sense as it was happening to me hourly. I have pfblockerng disable now. I do wonder if the corn schedule still kicks in?

          EDIT: It does. I just had to reboot the box.
          Looks like I have to find a way to disable the cron.

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            bldnightowl @ffuentes
            last edited by

            +1 also experiencing the hang described here. Disabling pfBlockerNg helped.

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Are you running the dev version of pfBlocker?

              Does it 'lock up' as it's running the reload or once it's completed?

              How large are you aliases/blocklists?

              I have the non-dev package running and am not seeing that but only have limited dnsbl lists loaded.

              Steve

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                bldnightowl @stephenw10
                last edited by bldnightowl

                @stephenw10 I am running pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_10. The alias/blocklists are whatever is OOTB, I didn't customize anything.

                By "lockup" I mean the LAN/WAN interfaces are completely unresponsive. Console access is fine.

                P.S. I cross posted to this thread to make sure that @BBcan177 (the developer of pfBlockerNG) is aware.

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                  ffuentes @stephenw10
                  last edited by ffuentes

                  @stephenw10 pfBlockerNG net 2.1.4_24
                  I do have several lists loading.
                  My Max table Entry is: 4000000

                  Another thing I notice is that vnstad keeps crashing:

                  vnstatd 	Status Traffic Totals data collection daemon
                  
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                    mcury Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10 said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                    Are you running the dev version of pfBlocker?

                    Does it 'lock up' as it's running the reload or once it's completed?

                    How large are you aliases/blocklists?

                    I have the non-dev package running and am not seeing that but only have limited dnsbl lists loaded.

                    Steve

                    Running the pfblockerng-devel 3.0.0_10, didn't customize anything, just ran the wizard, so it's a normal amount of aliases/blocklists.
                    No, it doesn't 'lock up' as it's running the reload or once it's completed, it finishes the process, and it's triggered if I reboot in this phase:

                    Syncing OpenVPN settings...done.
                    Configuring firewall.Segmentation fault (core dumped) <<<
                    Starting CRON... done.

                    dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ah, OK so part way through the boot after loading the alises/lists?

                      Can you give us an idea of the numbers? I have:

                      
                      ===[ Native List IP Counts ] ===================================
                      
                          8513 total
                          7311 /var/db/pfblockerng/native/Google.txt
                           968 /var/db/pfblockerng/native/Spamhaus_drop.txt
                           181 /var/db/pfblockerng/native/Facebook.txt
                            53 /var/db/pfblockerng/native/Netflix.txt
                      
                      ===[ DNSBL Domain/IP Counts ] ===================================
                      
                         21346 total
                         16998 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Easylist_Default.txt
                          4342 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Easylist_Privacy.txt
                             6 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Custom_List_custom.txt
                      

                      Steve

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                        mcury Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                        Ah, OK so part way through the boot after loading the alises/lists?

                        Exactly.

                        Packages installed: Acme, NUT, pfBlockerng-devel, aws-wizard, ipsec-profile-wizard.
                        It doesn't seem to be a memory issue:

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                        ===[ Deny List IP Counts ]===========================
                        
                           22138 total
                           15000 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/CINS_army_v4.txt
                            4884 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/ET_Comp_v4.txt
                            1223 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/ET_Block_v4.txt
                             732 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Talos_BL_v4.txt
                             118 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Abuse_Feodo_C2_v4.txt
                              94 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Abuse_SSLBL_v4.txt
                              76 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Spamhaus_eDrop_v4.txt
                               8 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/ISC_Block_v4.txt
                               2 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Spamhaus_Drop_v4.txt
                               1 /var/db/pfblockerng/deny/Abuse_IPBL_v4.txt
                        
                        ====================[ Empty Lists w/127.1.7.7 ]==================
                        
                        Abuse_IPBL_v4.txt
                        
                        ===[ DNSBL Domain/IP Counts ] ===================================
                        
                          349821 total
                          143310 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Maltrail_BD.txt
                          122595 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/C19_CTC.txt
                           27951 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/SFS_Toxic_BD.txt
                           13486 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/SWC.txt
                           10871 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/EasyList.txt
                            8913 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Adaway.txt
                            6999 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Spam404.txt
                            6671 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/MVPS.txt
                            3031 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/EasyPrivacy.txt
                            2500 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/D_Me_ADs.txt
                            1986 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Krisk_C19.txt
                            1478 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Yoyo.txt
                              23 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/D_Me_Tracking.txt
                               6 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/Juniper.txt
                               1 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/D_Me_Malv.txt
                               0 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/MDS_Immortal.fail
                               0 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/MDS.fail
                               0 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/MDL.txt
                               0 /var/db/pfblockerng/dnsbl/D_Me_Malw.txt
                        
                        ====================[ IPv4/6 Last Updated List Summary ]==============
                        
                        Feb 11	04:49	Spamhaus_eDrop_v4
                        Feb 17	02:30	ET_Block_v4
                        Feb 17	02:30	ET_Comp_v4
                        Feb 18	03:33	Spamhaus_Drop_v4
                        Feb 18	18:05	Talos_BL_v4
                        Feb 18	18:18	CINS_army_v4
                        Feb 18	18:39	ISC_Block_v4
                        Feb 18	18:55	Abuse_Feodo_C2_v4
                        Feb 18	18:55	Abuse_SSLBL_v4
                        Feb 18	19:01	Abuse_IPBL_v4
                        
                        ====================[ DNSBL Last Updated List Summary ]==============
                        
                        Jul 31	2015	D_Me_Tracking
                        Sep 5	2018	Juniper
                        Jan 31	2020	D_Me_ADs
                        Jul 10	2020	D_Me_Malw
                        Jul 10	2020	D_Me_Malv
                        Nov 12	19:17	MDL
                        Dec 15	05:07	MVPS
                        Feb 15	02:18	Adaway
                        Feb 15	05:50	Yoyo
                        Feb 16	05:48	SWC
                        Feb 18	15:02	EasyPrivacy
                        Feb 18	15:30	Krisk_C19
                        Feb 18	17:50	C19_CTC
                        Feb 18	18:50	EasyList
                        Feb 18	19:00	SFS_Toxic_BD
                        Feb 18	19:00	Maltrail_BD
                        Feb 18	19:00	Spam404
                        ===============================================================
                        
                        Database Sanity check [  PASSED  ]
                        ------------------------
                        Masterfile/Deny folder uniq check
                        Deny folder/Masterfile uniq check
                        
                        Sync check (Pass=No IPs reported)
                        ----------
                        
                        Alias table IP Counts
                        -----------------------------
                           22138 /var/db/aliastables/pfB_PRI1_v4.txt
                        
                        pfSense Table Stats
                        -------------------
                        table-entries hard limit   400000
                        Table Usage Count         22164
                        
                         UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ 02/18/21 19:01:58 ]
                        

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                        dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                          ffuentes @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 My SG-3100 locked up again with pfblocker disabled. no cron running.

                          Unless the cron is running even though is been told to disable.
                          You guys have a bigger issue here.

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                            ffuentes @mcury
                            last edited by

                            @mcury I don't think is a pfblocker issue TBH.
                            Mine keeps locking up even though is fully disabled, I am now going to uninstall it.

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                              mcury Rebel Alliance @ffuentes
                              last edited by mcury

                              @ffuentes Try to set the pfblocker cron settings to run once a day, instead of one hour to confirm if the problem will happen to you again.
                              Or completely remove the pfblockerng package. If it happens again even without the package installed (not only disabled). We will have a better understanding about it..

                              dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                ffuentes @mcury
                                last edited by

                                @mcury I just uninstalled it. Let see how far the rabbit holes go. :/

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                                  mcury Rebel Alliance @ffuentes
                                  last edited by

                                  @ffuentes said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                  @mcury I just uninstalled it. Let see how far the rabbit holes go. :/

                                  Let's hope that we all here have the same problem, one fix is faster than two or more :)

                                  dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                    bldnightowl @mcury
                                    last edited by

                                    @mcury I also disabled and got a lockup again just now. This is bad news, folks. I don’t think it’s pfBlockerNG either.

                                    How do I downgrade back to 2.4.5p1?

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                                      mcury Rebel Alliance @bldnightowl
                                      last edited by

                                      @bldnightowl said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                      @mcury I also disabled and got a lockup again just now. This is bad news, folks. I don’t think it’s pfBlockerNG either.

                                      How do I downgrade back to 2.4.5p1?

                                      Try to remove pfblockerng package, just to make sure tick that setting to remove the configuration too, this option is inside pfblockerng.

                                      dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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                                        ptt Rebel Alliance @bldnightowl
                                        last edited by

                                        How do I downgrade back to 2.4.5p1?

                                        Reinstall & restore Config Backup

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                                          ffuentes @mcury
                                          last edited by ffuentes

                                          @mcury said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                          @ffuentes said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                          @mcury I just uninstalled it. Let see how far the rabbit holes go. :/

                                          Let's hope that we all here have the same problem, one fix is faster than two or more :)

                                          Completely agree. I am trying to avoid going back to the previous version to try and help narrow this down.
                                          But is really causing a lot of pain as it seems to be very consistent. (That's good news in a technical way)

                                          I have a console up and running via USB to see if I can catch anything, but is a HARD lockup. You can't get any output at all.

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                                            mcury Rebel Alliance @ffuentes
                                            last edited by

                                            @ffuentes said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                            @mcury said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                            @ffuentes said in 21.02 Sudden lockup:

                                            @mcury I just uninstalled it. Let see how far the rabbit holes go. :/

                                            Let's hope that we all here have the same problem, one fix is faster than two or more :)

                                            Completely agree. I am trying to avoid going back to the previous version to try and help narrow this down.
                                            But is really causing a lot of pain as it seems to be very consistent. (That's good news in a technical way)

                                            I have a console up and running via USB to see if I can catch anything, but is a HARD lockup. You can't get any output at all.

                                            Hm, the console also stops? You can't reboot it through the console?
                                            Did you upgrade from 2.4.5p1 or performed a clean 21.02 install?

                                            dead on arrival, nowhere to be found.

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