pfsense 26.03-RELEASE (amd64) running Suricata keeps crashing.

[pvanderlaat]

pfSense crash report:

Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

amd64
16.0-CURRENT
FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT #36 plus-RELENG_26_03-n256531-4923e82e59d1: Fri Mar 20 18:22:49 UTC 2026 root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-Plus-snapshots-26_03-main/obj/amd64/TVcqnR7U/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSe

Crash report details:

PHP Errors:
[05-May-2026 10:47:16 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:47:39 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:48:57 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:49:18 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:57:57 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:58:45 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 10:58:57 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443
[05-May-2026 13:29:22 America/Costa_Rica] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ValueError: ip2long(): Argument #1 ($ip) must not contain any null bytes in /etc/inc/util.inc:1443
Stack trace:
#0 /etc/inc/util.inc(1443): ip2long()
#1 /etc/inc/util.inc(1386): is_ipaddrv4()
#2 /usr/local/www/suricata/suricata_blocked.php(399): is_ipaddr()
#3 {main}
thrown in /etc/inc/util.inc on line 1443

No FreeBSD crash data found.

[SteveITS]

@pvanderlaat see

https://forum.netgate.com/post/1240644

And probably also
https://forum.netgate.com/post/1241353

[pvanderlaat]

I was able to resolve the issue by reinstalling suricata package in pfsense.