pfBlockerNG-devel v3.2.0 crashing repeatedly on pfSense 23.01
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I upgraded my installation of 22.05 to 23.01. Since then, pfBlockerNG is crashing every 40 minutes with this error (unique IPv6 prefixes sanitized).
Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information: amd64 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #0 plus-RELENG_23_01-n256037-6e914874a5e: Fri Feb 10 20:30:29 UTC 2023 root@freebsd:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/obj/amd64/VDZvZksF/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-23_01-main/sources/FreeBS Crash report details: PHP Errors: [15-Feb-2023 20:09:35 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: str_repeat(): Argument #2 ($times) must be greater than or equal to 0 in /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php:684 Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php(684): str_repeat(':0:', -1) #1 /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php(1157): Net_IPv6::uncompress('[local prefix]...') #2 /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php(450): Net_IPv6::_ip2Bin('[local prefix]...') #3 /etc/inc/util.inc(1020): Net_IPv6::isInNetmask('[global prefix]...', '[local prefix]...') #4 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc(5132): ip_in_subnet('[global prefix]...', '[local prefix]...') #5 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc(5548): pfb_local_ip('[global prefix]...', Array) #6 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc(1024): pfb_daemon_filterlog() #7 {main} thrown in /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php on line 684 No FreeBSD crash data found. -
@xpxp2002 I'm getting the same error as well after the upgrade
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@xpxp2002 Same here. In my case it’s errors parsing IPv6 addresses too. I’m using High Availability -Firewall > pfBlockerNG > Update > sync wasn’t configured with XMLRPC Replication Targets - which may or may not be relevant.
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Can you goto pfSense GUI > Diagnostics > Command Prompt > Execute PHP Commands
And copy/paste the following:
include_once("/usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc"); print_r(pfb_collect_localip());Then report back here or in PM..
Thanks!
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@bbcan177
Hi bbcan177,
I got the same error after upgrading from 22.05 to 23.01. After a reboot of the system, the error message is gone. -
@moonknight Thanks for the suggestion. I will try this at the first opportunity to take the outage and reply back whether it works for me or not.
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@moonknight Thank you that worked for me. Can't believe it didn't dawn on me to do that. I'm not used to rebooting this device often
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@bbcan177 I am getting errors in /var/log/pfblockerng/py_error.log as follows:
2023-02-16 11:01:50,786|ERROR| [pfBlockerNG]: Failed to load python module 'maxminddb': No module named 'maxminddb'
2023-02-16 11:01:50,786|ERROR| [pfBlockerNG]: Failed to load python module 'sqlite3': No module named '_sqlite3' -
I rebooted the firewall, but the issue still persists for me.
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@xpxp2002 can you try the command above and report back
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Got some errors too, while changing the MaxMind Localized Language and setting the MaxMind License Key:
PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php, Line: 1980, Message: Uncaught TypeError: sort(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php:1980 Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php(1980): sort(NULL, 2) #1 /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php(229): pfblockerng_get_countries() #2 {main} thrown @ 2023-02-16 14:36:30 -
@bbcan177 My apologies. I did not see your post earlier.
It is breaking my /24s out into individual addresses, so the output is quite long. I will send you a PM in a minute.
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@BBcan177 dug in and identified the behavior is coming from code outside of pfBlockerNG and forwarded that info to a pfSense dev.
I have several IPv6 VIPs that were in the short form (e.g. along the lines of fd00:0:0:1::1/64). The :: abbreviation seems to trigger the issue when pfb_local_ip() function runs.
I changed those VIPs to a more expanded string (fd00:0:0:1:0:0:0:1/64, for example) to see if that works around the issue. So far, I have not encountered an error, but I'll know for sure after an hour or so passes.
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@bbcan177
Just updated and pfblockerng-devel is not starting anymore.PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php, Line: 1980, Message: Uncaught TypeError: sort(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php:1980 Stack trace: #0 /usr/local/www/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.php(1980): sort(NULL, 2) #1 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc(40): pfblockerng_get_countries() #2 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(781) : eval()'d code(1): include_once('/usr/local/pkg/...') #3 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(781): eval() #4 /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc(899): eval_once('include_once('/...') #5 /etc/rc.packages(76): install_package_xml('pfBlockerNG-dev...') #6 {main}Thanks for your work and commitment delivering such a wonderful package
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After reboot issue persists…
Uncaught ValueError: str_repeat(): Argument #2 ($times) must be greater than or equal to 0 in /usr/local/share/pear/Net/IPv6.php:684
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My error seems to have gone away. Reboot perhaps?
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@paoloest I have a suspicion that something is not getting set correctly by the install script from the browser because of a lack of a check for it, or, part of the installer page is not updated in browser (loaded from cache from a previous version)? Maybe try with another browser (one that has never connected to pfsense) or clear cache and cookies in browser? Just a thought.
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@paoloest said in pfBlockerNG-devel v3.2.0 crashing repeatedly on pfSense 23.01:
#1 /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng_install.inc(40): pfblockerng_get_countries()
Per https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13950, will be fixed in v3.2.0_2.
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Out of curiosity….those having issues, did you uninstall pfblocker before the upgrade? If not make sure you do. You will avoid these issues.
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@william-0
nope, have not installed any package.Deleted pfblockerng-devel and installed the non-devel, but no change. I hope for next version to fix this
