Kannel, gwlib and Mbuni problem

[Andreas Fink]

well this is a simple error. Kannel's gwlib is being called with a  
parameter which is a NULL pointer instead of a octstr.
Its not Kannel's fault but the callers. Kannel's gwlib just barks and  
quits instead of continuing with unexpected results.


On 26.11.2007, at 12:08, Nis - Kannel wrote:

> Maybe I 'am in over my head here, but I'll try anyway.
>
> I have used Kannel for some years now and lately trying to get Mbuni  
> working
> as well.
> Mbuni, mbuni.org, is a MMS gateway for those who don't know it.
>
> Using Kannel 1.4.1 stable version, released in the Gentoo portage  
> tree and
> Mbuni 1.30 self compiled, leaves me with the same problem as anybody  
> else.
> When using the mmsproxy in the this setup, it crashes every time it  
> enters
> mm7dispatch.
>
>> From asking the Mbuni user mail list, the answer is a problem with  
>> Kannel
> 1.4.1's gwlib.
> I browsed their mail list archives and it seems to be a general  
> problem.
>
> Now, I don't have the necessary skills to solve the problem, but I can
> provide some information for starts.
> So I anybody involved in the development of Kannel will either "pick  
> up the
> glove" or point towards a solution to this problem, many Mbuni users  
> will be
> affected.
>
> I have pasted some mbuni-mmsc log lines and a part of the Kannel
> gwlib/octstr.c file below
>
> Thank you!
>
> /Nis
>
> Mbuni-mmsc log
> --------------
> DEBUG:  --> Enterred mm7dispatch interface, mreq=[Ok]  
> mtype=[SubmitReq] <--
> PANIC: gwlib/octstr.c:2447: seems_valid_real: Assertion `ostr != NULL'
> failed. (Called from gwlib/octstr.c:661:octstr_base64_to_binary.)
> PANIC: gwlib/octstr.c:2447: seems_valid_real: Assertion `ostr != NULL'
> failed. (Called from gwlib/octstr.c:661:octstr_base64_to_binary.)
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy(gw_panic+0x101) [0x808e8e1]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy [0x8091855]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy(octstr_base64_to_binary+0x25)  
> [0x8092d75]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy(unbase64_mimeparts+0x100) [0x806f9e0]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy(mms_frommime+0x72) [0x80624d2]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy(mm7_soap_to_mmsmsg+0x1ab) [0x8072cdb]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy [0x805b05b]
> PANIC: /usr/local/bin/mmsproxy [0x8085b80]
> PANIC: /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0xb7c9d18b]
> PANIC: /lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e) [0xb7a9804e]
>
> gwlib/octstr.c
> --------------
> static void seems_valid_real(const Octstr *ostr, const char  
> *filename, long
> lineno,
>                             const char *function) {
>    gw_assert(immutables_init);
>    gw_assert_place(ostr != NULL, ( !!! LINE 2447 !!! )
>                    filename, lineno, function);
>    gw_assert_allocated(ostr,
>                        filename, lineno, function);
>    gw_assert_place(ostr->len >= 0,
>                    filename, lineno, function);
>    gw_assert_place(ostr->size >= 0,
>                    filename, lineno, function);
>    if (ostr->size == 0) {
>        gw_assert_place(ostr->len == 0,
>                        filename, lineno, function);
>        gw_assert_place(ostr->data == NULL,
>                        filename, lineno, function);
>    } else {
>        gw_assert_place(ostr->len + 1 <= ostr->size,
>                        filename, lineno, function);
>        gw_assert_place(ostr->data != NULL,
>                        filename, lineno, function);
> 	if (!ostr->immutable)
>            gw_assert_allocated(ostr->data,
>                                filename, lineno, function);
>        gw_assert_place(ostr->data[ostr->len] == '\0',
>                        filename, lineno, function);
>    }
> }
>
>





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