702307 - PSM: Crash in SECOID_FindOID_Util

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Security: PSM, defect, P3)

Description

[Brian Smith (:briansmith, :bsmith, use NEEDINFO?)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #517615 +++

My initial hunch is that bug 696551 is the cause.

(In reply to Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail) from bug 517615 comment 43)
> Of course, what really needs to be fixed is the non-NSS bug that held 
> onto a reference to an NSS object that caused the NSS shutdown to fail.  
> Even if NSS doesn't crash, if it cannot shutdown, then thereafter the 
> application is in an inconsistent security state..  The application 
> should not continue.  
> 
> For Firefox, the top priority should be to fix whatever code OUTSIDE of NSS 
> is holding a reference, thereby preventing NSS from shutting down.

(In reply to Naoki Hirata :nhirata from bug 517615 comment 46)
> Also occurred in Aurora (ffx 8 ) for Fennec 
> https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/
> list?range_value=7&range_unit=days&date=2011-09-
> 26%2008%3A00%3A00&signature=PL_HashTableLookupConst&version=Fennec%3A8.0a2

(In reply to Scoobidiver from bug 517615 comment 47)
> It's #5 top crasher in Fennec 8.0.

As Nelson said, this is almost definitely a bug in Gecko that triggers the buggy behavior in NSS. It will probably be faster to fix the Gecko bug than the NSS bug. In fact, although we are crashing in the same place as in bug 517615, it might be due to misuse of NSS instead of any NSS bug. Again, see bug 696551.

Comment 1

[Brian Smith (:briansmith, :bsmith, use NEEDINFO?)]

Changing summary so that bugmail threading isn't so confusing.

Comment 3

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

Happens in both XUL and Native, more so on XUL:

https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?product=Fennec&product=FennecAndroid&query_search=signature&query_type=contains&query=PL_HashTableLookupConst&reason_type=contains&date=02%2F28%2F2012%2023%3A59%3A22&range_value=30&range_unit=days&hang_type=any&process_type=any&do_query=1&admin=1&signature=PL_HashTableLookupConst

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Since the crash volume is low (less than 5 per week), the severity is downgraded to S3. Feel free to change it back if you think the bug is still critical.

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Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Closing because no crashes reported for 12 weeks.