Bug 499652 – net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc-0.9.8.6 with dev-libs/libnl-3.2.24 - nm-system.c: sync_addresses(): (eth0): error -7 returned from rtnl_addr_delete(): Invalid input data or parameter

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Pawel Sedrowski 2014-01-29 07:11:32 UTC]

After upgrading libnl to 3.2.24 I experienced problems with networkmanager, especially the vpnc plugin. It connected a tunnel but no traffic was able to get through. In /var/log/messeges I found: 
<error> [1390945730.584196] [nm-system.c:254] sync_addresses(): (eth0): error -7 returned from rtnl_addr_delete(): Invalid input data or parameter
After downgrading libnl to 3.2.23 everything works fine. To verify the problem I upgraded once again and restarted the NetworkManager daemon - the result was that it could not even connect the eth0 with errors in log file:
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <info> (eth0): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5]
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <info> NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <warn> Activation (eth0) failed for connection 'eth0'
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Timeout) complete.
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <info> (eth0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Jan 28 22:48:50 X NetworkManager[10300]: <error> [1390945730.741240] [nm-system.c:254] sync_addresses(): (eth0): error -7 returned from rtnl_addr_delete(): Invalid input data or parameter

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade libnl to 3.2.24
2. Restart computer or the NetworkManager daemon.
3. Try to connect a vpnc tunnel



# emerge --info
Portage 2.2.8-r1 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.8.2, glibc-2.18-r1, 3.7.1-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.7.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T7500_@_2.20GHz-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     3984384 total,   2164616 free
KiB Swap:    4194300 total,   4194300 free
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:30:01 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.24
ccache version 3.1.9 [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p45-r1
dev-java/java-config:     2.2.0
dev-lang/python:          2.7.6, 3.3.3
dev-util/ccache:          3.1.9-r3
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.12.1-r4
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.12.4
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.14.1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.24-r2
sys-devel/gcc:            4.8.2
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           4.0-r1
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.13 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.18-r1
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="pl_PL.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="X a52 aac aacplus aacs aalib acl acpi aio alsa amd64 amr ao aot autoipd avahi bash-completion berkdb bidi bluetooth bluray branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdio cdr chm cli connection-sharing consolekit corefonts cracklib crypt cuda cups cxx dbus dc1394 declarative device-mapper dirac directfb djvu dri dts dv dvd dvdr ebook emboss encode epub exif faac faad fam fbcon fdk ffmpeg firefox flac flite fluidsynth fontconfig fortran gbm gdbm geoip gif gme gpm gstreamer gtk gudev hwdb iconv icu idn imagemagick imlib introspection ipv6 ivorbis jack jpeg jpeg2k kate kde keymap kipi lame lcms ldap libass libcaca libedit libkms libnotify libsamplerate libsoxr libtiger linsys live lm_sensors logwatch lto lzma mad matroska minizip mjpeg mms mmx mng modemmanager modplug modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mpeg2 mtp multilib musepack mysql ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nsplugin nvidia ogg omxil openal openexr opengl openmp openssl opus pam pango pcap pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit postproc ppds ppp projectm qt3support qt4 quicktime rar raw rdesktop rdp resolvconf rtmp rtsp schroedinger sdl sdl-image secure-delete semantic-desktop sensord session sftp shout sid skins speex spell sqlite sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg system-cairo system-icu system-jpeg system-sqlite taglib tcpd theora threads thumbnail tiff tremor truetype twolame udev udisks unicode unlock-notify upower usb vaapi vcd vcdx vdpau vnc vorbis vpx wavpack webp wifi wma-fixed wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xlib-xcb xml xmpp xorg xscreensaver xv xvid zlib zvbi" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="pl" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, SYNC, USE_PYTHON

# eix libnl
[U] dev-libs/libnl
     Available versions:  
     (1.1)  1.1.4
     (3)    3.2.23 (~)3.2.24 **3.2.9999
       {doc python static-libs utils PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_6 python2_7 python3_2 python3_3"}
     Installed versions:  3.2.23(3)(22:50:41 28.01.2014)(-python -static-libs -utils PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python2_6 -python3_2")
     Homepage:            http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/
     Description:         A collection of libraries providing APIs to netlink protocol based Linux kernel interfaces

# eix networkmanager
[I] net-misc/networkmanager
     Available versions:  0.9.6.4 0.9.8.8 {avahi bluetooth connection-sharing (+)consolekit dhclient +dhcpcd doc gnutls +introspection modemmanager +nss +ppp resolvconf systemd test vala +wext +wifi wimax KERNEL="linux"}
     Installed versions:  0.9.8.8(21:08:08 28.01.2014)(avahi bluetooth connection-sharing consolekit dhcpcd introspection modemmanager nss ppp resolvconf wext wifi -dhclient -gnutls -systemd -test -vala KERNEL="linux")
     Homepage:            http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/
     Description:         Universal network configuration daemon for laptops, desktops, servers and virtualization hosts

(...)

[I] net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc
     Available versions:  0.9.6.0 (~)0.9.8.2 0.9.8.6 {gtk test}
     Installed versions:  0.9.8.6(13:15:54 27.01.2014)(gtk -test)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         NetworkManager VPNC plugin

[Comment 1 Pawel Sedrowski 2014-02-03 09:08:54 UTC]

What is the status of this report? Do you need any additional data to confirm the bug?

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2014-02-03 20:38:16 UTC]

Does it also fail when not using vpnc plugin?

[Comment 3 Pawel Sedrowski 2014-02-05 12:30:38 UTC]

Created attachment 369588 [details]
log after NM restart

[Comment 4 Pawel Sedrowski 2014-02-05 12:31:44 UTC]

Created attachment 369590 [details]
log after using nm vpnc after computer restart

[Comment 5 Pawel Sedrowski 2014-02-05 12:35:20 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #2)
> Does it also fail when not using vpnc plugin?

It fails if I restart NM after upgrading libnl. See "log after NM restart" attachment.

When I restart the computer after upgrade the NM works fine without vpnc. After I switch on the vpnc plugin and try to connect a tunnel the tunnel connects but no data can be send through it. See "log after using nm vpnc after computer restart" attachment.

[Comment 6 Pacho Ramos 2014-02-05 21:25:18 UTC]

Please report to upstream and post the link here to let us track:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NetworkManager

Thanks

[Comment 7 Pawel Sedrowski 2014-02-06 07:42:25 UTC]

See: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723739

[Comment 8 Pacho Ramos 2014-02-06 19:18:39 UTC]

For some reason I cannot access the bug :/ (looks like I don't have enough permissions)

[Comment 9 Pacho Ramos 2014-09-23 12:12:44 UTC]

+*networkmanager-vpnc-0.9.10.0 (23 Sep 2014)
+
+  23 Sep 2014; Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]>
+  +networkmanager-vpnc-0.9.10.0.ebuild:
+  Version bump, drop old
+

Try with this newer version please