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DB2 - Problem description

Problem IC66983 Status: Closed

INSTANCE MAY CRASH IF THE DOUBLE FREE OCCURS WHEN GETAUTHORITIES TRIES TO
FREE THE MEMORY ALREADY FREED.

product:
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 980 - DB2
Problem description:
Instance may crash if the double free occurs when getAuthorities 
tries to free the memory already freed. 
 
db2diag.log has the following entry. 
 
2009-12-04-06.33.20.075770+540 I29545722G462      LEVEL: Severe 
PID     : 3929                 TID  : 2851072912  PROC : db2sysc 
INSTANCE: db2inst1             NODE : 000         DB   : SAMPLE 
APPHDL  : 0-24716              APPID: 
*LOCAL.db2inst1.091203213334 
AUTHID  : DB2INST1 
EDUID   : 72                   EDUNAME: db2agent (SAMPLE) 
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, SQO Memory Management, 
sqloDiagnoseFreeBlockFailure, probe:30 
DATA #1 : String, 12 bytes 
Double free. 
 
The trap file contains the stack trace like this. 
 
<StackTrace> 
--Frame--- ------Function + Offset------ 
0xA9EF68A4 sqloCrashOnCriticalMemoryValidationFailure + 0x0017 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1) 
0xA9EF690C sqlofmblkEx. + 0x0461 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1) 
0xA9EF6918 _Z9sqlofmblkPv + 0x000b 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1) 
0xA9EF6924 _Z28sqlerTrustedRtnCallbackFmblkjPPv + 0x001d 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1) 
0xA9EF695C _Z29sqlerTrustedRtnCallbackRouterjPPv + 0x00de 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1) 
0xA9EF69A8 getAuthorities + 0x0693 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/bin/routine/db2dbroutext) 
0xA9EF7494 sqloInvokeFnArgs + 0x09d3 
        (/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32/libdb2e.so.1)
Problem Summary:
**************************************************************** 
* USERS AFFECTED:                                              * 
* All                                                          * 
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
* As same as Error description.                                * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Upgrade to Version 9.8 FixPack 3.                            * 
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Local Fix:
Changing SHMMAX to proper value.
available fix packs:
DB2 Version 9.8 Fix Pack 3 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 9.8 Fix Pack 4 for AIX and Linux
DB2 Version 9.8 Fix Pack 5 for AIX and Linux

Solution
Problem was first fixed in DB2 UDB Version 9.8 FixPack 3.
Workaround
not known / see Local fix
Timestamps
Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :
08.03.2010
10.01.2011
10.01.2011
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos)
9.8.FP3
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s)
9.8.0.3 FixList