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    • acebmxerA Offline
      acebmxer @acebmxer
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      acebmxer said:

      acebmxer said:

      I have issue with rolling pool update with 1 of my 3 pools at work. It was the last pool to be updated. Host 1 updated no issues. vms stopped migrated off host 2 to complete updates.

      Support ticket opened - Ticket#7758427. Found 1 vm with cpu stuck at 100% and unresponsive. Force rebooted vm and proceed updates on host2.

      Well I think i found the source of my problems. After having continues other odd issues with this remote pool. I decided i was going to reboot everything. That's when every vm started to fail. Logged into Synology rs1221+ and it was just very sluggish and not responsive. No new error alerts or anything to explain the odd behavior. Rebooted it and even after boot still odd behavior until finally disk error. Then the system started to respond.

      Luckily I have a spare drive onsite but cant gain access until Monday possibly Tuesday. Fingers crossed. Lucky for backups. Looks like the important vms had a successful backup as of yesterday so thats good.

      Still having issues with this remote pool. Synology is still rebuilding the storage pool, but the time seems unreal to complete 80+ days. It keeps dropping and increasing... Yet I tried to migrate vm from NFS SR to local storage and vm having issues boot. Try to determining but i think i have multiple issue just not sure which ones.

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        probain @dthenot
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        @dthenot said:

        @probain Hello,

        It's likely linked to the List index out of range bug.
        That bug was linked to the SR scan failing to introduce CBT_metatadata VDI in the XAPI database, could you try to launch a xe sr-scan uuid=<SR UUID> and try again to disable CBT?
        If it does not work, could you share the /var/log/SMlog of around the time you are trying to disable CBT?

        I've sent you a DM for sharing the logs.. Unfortunately I "solved" the issue by deleting all snapshots related to each VM. Including CBT ones. That did make it so I could toggle CBT on the VDIs again.

        But I've collected the logs for you.

        This also seems like a good time to raise my suggestion to have somewhere at vates where we could upload details in a similar way to how TrueNAS does it. Suggested here: https://feedback.vates.tech/posts/69/suggesting-to-add-a-debug-file-option

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          rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
          last edited by rzr

          New security and maintenance update candidates for XCP-ng 8.3 LTS (kernel)

          This release batch contains security fixes on the Linux kernel in dom0, version updates, some bug fixes and a few improvements.

          What changed

          Virtualization & System

          • kernel: Update to 4.19.19-8.0.46.5

            • Fixes multiple vulnerabilities:
              • CVE-2026-46300: A logic error in the network stack could allow an unprivileged local user to escalate its privileges to root by modifying page caches for file-backed files that were not supposed to be writable. The modifications are not persistent to a reboot (i.e. no disk corruption). This vulnerability is used by the public exploit Fragnesia.
              • CVE-2026-46333: Incorrect tracking of users privilege level when a task is exiting in the ptrace sub-system could allow an unprivileged local user to escalate its privileges to root by writing to file descriptors they are not supposed to have access to. The changes made to potentially root-owned files are persisted across reboots. This vulnerability is used by the public exploits ssh-keysign-pwn as well as ptrace_may_dream.
              • CVE-2026-43494: A double-free of pinned pages in the RDS kernel module in the transmit error path could allow an unprivileged local user to escalate its privileges to root by modifying page caches for file-backed files, allowing them to for example overwrite a SUID binary in page cache with a shellcode. Changes are not persistent across reboots. This vulnerability is used by the public exploit pintheft.
          • qemu: Fix a potential issue in guest memory mapping lookup.

          • edk2:

            • Fix issues while booting from physical CD/DVD drive.
            • Bump UEFI guest vCPU limit to 128 vCPU (was 96 vCPUs)
          • dmidecode: Update to 3.6-3

            • Version able to read type 42 tables (redfish)
          • varstored: Update to 1.3.2-2.1

            • Sync with upstream.
          • ipxe: PXE boot support of BIOS VMs on a VLAN with 802.1Q priority tags

          Control plane

          • xapi: Enable USB passthrough of smartcards

          Storage

          • blktap: No functional change. Only sync with upstream.

          Network

          • openssh: Drop support of insecure clients
            • Old OpenSSH clients (version less than 7.2) can no longer connect with ssh-rsa (due to SHA-1 being no longer accepted by the server).
            • The solution is either to update OpenSSH-clients (to a version >= 7.2), or to generate and use ED25519 keys.

          Others

          • libtasn1: Update to 4.21.0 (hardening)
          • fuse: Rebuild
          • slang: Rebuild
          • systemtap: Rebuild

          Optional packages

          • libreswan: Rebuild
          • netdata: Rebuild

          Versions:

          • blktap: 3.55.5-6.7.xcpng8.3 -> 3.55.5-9.1.xcpng8.3
          • dmidecode: 1:3.0-5.el7 -> 1:3.6-3.xcpng8.3
          • edk2: 20220801-1.7.10.1.xcpng8.3 -> 20220801-1.7.11.1.xcpng8.3
          • fuse: 2.9.2-10.xcpng8.3 -> 2.9.2-10.1.xcpng8.3
          • ipxe: 20121005-1.0.7.xcpng8.3 -> 20121005-1.0.8.xcpng8.3
          • kernel: 4.19.19-8.0.46.3.xcpng8.3 -> 4.19.19-8.0.46.5.xcpng8.3
          • libreswam: 4.12-2.3.1.xcpng8.3 -> 4.12-2.3.2.xcpng8.3
          • libtasn1: 4.10-1.el7 -> 4.21.0-1.xcpng8.3
          • openssh: 9.8p1-1.2.3.xcpng8.3 -> 9.8p1-1.2.4.xcpng8.3
          • netdata: 1.47.5-4.2.xcpng8.3 -> 1.47.5-4.3.xcpng8.3
          • qemu: 2:4.2.1-5.2.17.1.xcpng8.3 -> 2:4.2.1-5.2.18.1.xcpng8.3
          • slang: 2.3.2-11.xcpng8.3 -> 2.3.2-11.1.xcpng8.3
          • systemtap: 4.0-5.2.xcpng8.3 -> 4.0-5.3.xcpng8.3
          • varstored: 1.3.1-2.1.xcpng8.3 -> 1.3.2-2.1.xcpng8.3
          • xapi: 26.1.4-3.1.xcpng8.3 -> 26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3

          Test on XCP-ng 8.3

          yum clean metadata --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates
          yum update --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing,xcp-ng-candidates
          reboot
          

          The usual update rules apply: pool coordinator first, etc.

          What to test

          As usual, normal use and anything else you want to test.

          Test window before official release of the updates

          ~1 day

          We would like to thank users who reported feedback since our last call for testing:

          @Andrew, @acebmxer, @flakpyro, @greg_e, @jeffberntsen, @marcoi, @ovicz, @ph7, @probain.

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            Andrew Top contributor @rzr
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            @rzr nslookup is broken, but it was before this update too.

            nslookup vates.com 8.8.8.8
            Server:         8.8.8.8
            Address:        8.8.8.8#53
            
            Non-authoritative answer:
            Name:   vates.com
            Address: 104.21.52.238
            Name:   vates.com
            Address: 172.67.205.118
            
            openssl_link.c:132: INSIST(dst__memory_pool != ((void *)0)) failed, back trace
            #0 0x7fb705ab80e7 in ??
            #1 0x7fb705ab803a in ??
            #2 0x7fb7066c5780 in ??
            #3 0x7fb704ed0df6 in ??
            #4 0x7fb704f17464 in ??
            #5 0x7fb704f17732 in ??
            #6 0x7fb704f16b8d in ??
            #7 0x7fb703681bd9 in ??
            #8 0x7fb703681c27 in ??
            #9 0x7fb70366a44c in ??
            #10 0x405818 in ??
            Aborted (core dumped)
            
            
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            • acebmxerA Offline
              acebmxer @rzr
              last edited by acebmxer

              @rzr

              Updated both hosts at home with no issues. Will continue to test.

              Dependency Installed:
                libtasn1-tools.x86_64 0:4.21.0-1.xcpng8.3                                                                                              
              
              Updated:
                blktap.x86_64 0:3.55.5-9.1.xcpng8.3                                  dmidecode.x86_64 1:3.6-3.xcpng8.3                                
                edk2.x86_64 0:20220801-1.7.11.1.xcpng8.3                             forkexecd.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                           
                fuse-libs.x86_64 0:2.9.2-10.1.xcpng8.3                               ipxe.noarch 0:20121005-1.0.8.xcpng8.3                            
                kernel.x86_64 0:4.19.19-8.0.46.5.xcpng8.3                            libtasn1.x86_64 0:4.21.0-1.xcpng8.3                              
                libtasn1-devel.x86_64 0:4.21.0-1.xcpng8.3                            message-switch.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                      
                openssh.x86_64 0:9.8p1-1.2.4.xcpng8.3                                openssh-clients.x86_64 0:9.8p1-1.2.4.xcpng8.3                    
                openssh-server.x86_64 0:9.8p1-1.2.4.xcpng8.3                         qcow-stream-tool.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                    
                qemu.x86_64 2:4.2.1-5.2.18.1.xcpng8.3                                rrdd-plugins.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                        
                slang.x86_64 0:2.3.2-11.1.xcpng8.3                                   sm-cli.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                              
                squeezed.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                                systemtap-runtime.x86_64 0:4.0-5.3.xcpng8.3                      
                varstored.x86_64 0:1.3.2-2.1.xcpng8.3                                varstored-guard.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                     
                varstored-tools.x86_64 0:1.3.2-2.1.xcpng8.3                          vhd-tool.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                            
                wsproxy.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                                 xapi-core.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                           
                xapi-nbd.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                                xapi-rrd2csv.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                        
                xapi-storage-script.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                     xapi-tests.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                          
                xapi-xe.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                                 xcp-networkd.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                        
                xcp-rrdd.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                                xenopsd.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                             
                xenopsd-cli.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3                             xenopsd-xc.x86_64 0:26.1.4-3.2.xcpng8.3
              
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                JeffBerntsen Top contributor @rzr
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                @rzr

                Installed on my test systems and all seems to be working well so far.

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                  rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @Andrew
                  last edited by

                  @Andrew said:

                  Thank you for this report, I fear this issue appeared when we rebuilt bind with openssl-3

                  nslookup vates.com 8.8.8.8

                  I confirm this issue, note that bind-utils is not installed by default, let me investigate.

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                  • acebmxerA Offline
                    acebmxer @rzr
                    last edited by acebmxer

                    @rzr

                    [09:43 xcp-ng-haznrrtw ~]# nslookup vates.com 8.8.8.8
                    -bash: nslookup: command not found
                    
                    [10:21 xcp-ng-haznrrtw ~]# yum install bind-utils -y
                    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
                    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
                    Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
                     * xcp-ng-base: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
                    Excluding mirror: updates.xcp-ng.org
                     * xcp-ng-updates: mirrors.xcp-ng.org
                    Resolving Dependencies
                    --> Running transaction check
                    ---> Package bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3 will be installed
                    --> Processing Dependency: bind-libs = 32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3 for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: libbind9.so.90()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: libdns.so.100()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: libisc.so.95()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: libisccc.so.90()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: libisccfg.so.90()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Processing Dependency: liblwres.so.90()(64bit) for package: 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64
                    --> Running transaction check
                    ---> Package bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3 will be installed
                    --> Finished Dependency Resolution
                    
                    Dependencies Resolved
                    
                    =========================================================================================================================================
                     Package                      Arch                     Version                                    Repository                        Size
                    =========================================================================================================================================
                    Installing:
                     bind-utils                   x86_64                   32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3                     xcp-ng-updates                   126 k
                    Installing for dependencies:
                     bind-libs                    x86_64                   32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3                     xcp-ng-updates                   948 k
                    
                    Transaction Summary
                    =========================================================================================================================================
                    Install  1 Package (+1 Dependent package)
                    
                    Total download size: 1.0 M
                    Installed size: 3.0 M
                    Downloading packages:
                    (1/2): bind-libs-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm                                                                   | 948 kB  00:00:00     
                    (2/2): bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64.rpm                                                                  | 126 kB  00:00:01     
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Total                                                                                                    855 kB/s | 1.0 MB  00:00:01     
                    Running transaction check
                    Running transaction test
                    Transaction test succeeded
                    Running transaction
                      Installing : 32:bind-libs-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64                                                                               1/2 
                      Installing : 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64                                                                              2/2 
                      Verifying  : 32:bind-libs-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64                                                                               1/2 
                      Verifying  : 32:bind-utils-9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3.x86_64                                                                              2/2 
                    
                    Installed:
                      bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3                                                                                               
                    
                    Dependency Installed:
                      bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.9.4-63.1.xcpng8.3                                                                                                
                    
                    Complete!
                    [10:22 xcp-ng-haznrrtw ~]# nslookup vates.com 8.8.8.8
                    Server:         8.8.8.8
                    Address:        8.8.8.8#53
                    
                    Non-authoritative answer:
                    Name:   vates.com
                    Address: 172.67.205.118
                    Name:   vates.com
                    Address: 104.21.52.238
                    
                    openssl_link.c:132: INSIST(dst__memory_pool != ((void *)0)) failed, back trace
                    #0 0x7f419d8790e7 in ??
                    #1 0x7f419d87903a in ??
                    #2 0x7f419e486780 in ??
                    #3 0x7f419cc91df6 in ??
                    #4 0x7f419ccd8464 in ??
                    #5 0x7f419ccd8732 in ??
                    #6 0x7f419ccd7b8d in ??
                    #7 0x7f419b442bd9 in ??
                    #8 0x7f419b442c27 in ??
                    #9 0x7f419b42b44c in ??
                    #10 0x405818 in ??
                    Aborted (core dumped
                    

                    Edit -No further issues to report at this time.

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                      flakpyro @acebmxer
                      last edited by

                      Installed on my usual batch of test hosts, no issues so far.

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                        MajorP93
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        I installed the update candidates within my test environment.

                        Updates installed fine, after reboot all looks good so far.

                        No apparent issues can be seen.

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                          ph7 @ph7
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                          Maybe this schould be under XO/Backup
                          Anyhow.

                          ph7 said:

                          Ran the 2 updates released today and...
                          Back to only showing one VM in Backup/Restore as it did a month or 2 ago.
                          Ran the replication job and all VMs showed up in Backup/Restore again. (XO5)

                          It occurred again today, only showing 1 VM in restore
                          XO daefc
                          Host updated 2 weeks ago.
                          After 1 scheduled CR job ran all VMs showed up again

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                            rzr Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team @ph7
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                            @ph7 said:

                            Maybe this schould be under XO/Backup

                            Sure, It will not hurt to start a dedicated thread about this @storage issue, but it's not mandatory team is listening to your feedback anyway.

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                              ph7 @rzr
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                              In the back of my head I knew there was a thread and I found it
                              https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/12040/restore-only-showing-1-vm/21?_=1780396449511

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