Agent crashed on startup with core dump on Linux systems

Agent crashed on startup with core dump on Linux systems

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Article ID: KB0083352

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Products Versions
TIBCO BusinessEvents Enterprise Edition 5.3.0/5.4.x

Description

TIBCO agent crashed on startup (core dumped)

contents of hs_err_pid<id>.log file:
===========================
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGBUS (0x7) at pc=0x00007faf233bcebc, pid=27048, tid=0x00007faf3402f720
#
# JRE version:  (8.0_131-b11) (build )
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.131-b11 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# j  java.lang.Object.<clinit>()V+0
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
...

Issue/Introduction

Agent crashed on startup with core dump on Linux system with patch 2.12-1.209.el6_9.2.

Environment

Linux RedHat

Resolution

On a specific Linux patch, it is required to increase the stack size for all Java applications to be able to start them. This may be related to the following fix.

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/stackguard.

To fix the issue, update the be-engine.tra file to increase the configured stacksize to 2m. You can do this by changing (add/update) following properties .

java.extended.properties -> add  -Xss=2m
and/or
java.thread.stack.size=2048

Note:
For complete details on the this specific Linux patching and the issue itself,  refer to the generic Knowledge Article https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Impact-of-latest-security-patches-released-to-address-Stack-Clash-vulnerability-CVE-2017-1000364
 

Additional Information

startup, runtime
KB
https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Impact-of-latest-security-patches-released-to-address-Stack-Clash-vulnerability-CVE-2017-1000364