Bug 563772

Summary:	sys-apps/net-tools - netstat errors with SCTP
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	skaumo <skaumo>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description skaumo 2015-10-22 10:20:01 UTC

Netstat reports errors when listing SCTP connections.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run some applications that use SCTP (e.g.: ssh, openssl, freeswitch)
2. Type netstat --sctp
Actual Results:  
Errors are displayed, as follows:

netstat --sctp
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      
sctp       0      0 1.2.3.4:5080            *                       LISTEN     
SCTP error in line: 2
sctp       0      0 *:22                    *                       LISTEN     
sctp       0      0 2.3.4.5:5060            *                       LISTEN     
SCTP error in line: 5
sctp       0      0 3.4.5.6:5060            *                       LISTEN     
SCTP error in line: 1


Expected Results:  
Normal connection listing without error messages

Functionality doesn`t seem to be affected. It appears to only be a cosmetic issue.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-10-25 01:05:01 UTC

you must include emerge info as an attachment in all of your bug reports as well as listing the exact version of the package you're using

emerge --info netstat

Comment 2 Joshua Kinard gentoo-dev

2015-10-26 07:05:08 UTC

I believe this error is the SCTP/IPv6 parsing bug that was fixed in some of those Fedora patches I kludged in a while back.  You might've put them upstream by now?  If so, this might be fixed in the latest cut of net-tools.