Periodic security advisor notification usr/bin/needs-restarting

coursevector

July 14, 2016 08:16

I've been getting these for the past few weeks now coinciding with v56 pushing to STABLE tier (I believe). It is preceded by an abrt crash and then a notification that the server needs restarting. Why is this happening all of a sudden? I've had to restart the servers way more often than I should since this release just to compensate for some unknown issue.
[abrt] a crash has been detected again


abrt_version:   2.0.8
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/needs-restarting
event_log:     
executable:     /usr/bin/needs-restarting
hostname:       REDACTED
kernel:         2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64
last_occurrence: 1468298656
machineid:      sosreport_uploader-dmidecode=700e46a8552074001ccb25e384a3c416b114923b0a1c0914b80897e68f7341cb
pkg_arch:       noarch
pkg_epoch:      0
pkg_fingerprint: 0946 FCA2 C105 B9DE
pkg_name:       yum-utils
pkg_release:    37.el6
pkg_vendor:     CentOS
pkg_version:    1.1.30
time:           Fri 17 Jun 2016 12:43:24 AM EDT
uid:            0
username:       REDACTED

backtrace:
:yumRepo.py:840:_getFile:NoMoreMirrorsRepoError: failure: repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from system-extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Followed by:


An error occurred while attempting to check whether running executables are up-to-date: The "/usr/bin/needs-restarting" command (process 15784) reported error number 1 when it ended.

Any help with this is appreciated, thanks.

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cPanelMichael

July 14, 2016 17:57
:yumRepo.py:840:_getFile:NoMoreMirrorsRepoError: failure: repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from system-extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Hello, It looks like this is a potential error with YUM that's resulting in "/usr/bin/needs-restarting" failing to run cleanly. Do you notice any specific error messages when manually running "/usr/bin/needs-restarting"? Are you using a custom REPO in your /etc/yum.repos.d directory that's inaccessible? Thank you.
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coursevector

July 20, 2016 13:52
I'll have to test running the command next time I see the issue before restarting the server. I had my host test ti and they did not report any errors in the past. As for the custom REPO, I don't believe so. *I* have not configured it that way, is there a way to check that?
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cPanelMichael

July 20, 2016 17:57
I'll have to test running the command next time I see the issue before restarting the server. I had my host test ti and they did not report any errors in the past. As for the custom REPO, I don't believe so. *I* have not configured it that way, is there a way to check that?

Hello, Yes, you can see a list of YUM repo files with the following command:
ls -al /etc/yum.repos.d
Thank you.
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coursevector

July 20, 2016 18:07
Here is what it reports:
[REDACTED@host ~]# ls -al /etc/yum.repos.d total 28 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 12 12:45 ./ drwxr-xr-x. 97 root root 12288 Jul 20 14:05 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 Jan 29 00:26 kernelcare.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 469 Dec 9 2014 yum.sourcedns.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606 Dec 9 2014 yum.system.repo
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cPanelMichael

July 24, 2016 22:00
I'll have to test running the command next time I see the issue before restarting the server.

Feel free to let us know the outcome the next time this happens. Based on the output you provided, it does appear your server uses a non-default YUM repo (it looks like you are using Kernel Care). This typically isn't a problem, but it's useful to know should the issue happen again. Thank you.
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coursevector

July 28, 2016 13:38
Michael, It happened again and I manually ran the command as you had suggested, below is the output:
[REDACTED@host ~]# /usr/bin/needs-restarting 2239 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 1774 : /usr/sbin/sshd 2475 : cpsrvd (SSL) - waiting f--llu=1469631399--listen=10,3,4,5,6,7,8,9--accepted=11 2346 : /usr/sbin/pure-authd-s/var/run/ftpd.sock-r/usr/local/cpanel/bin/pureauth 2344 : pure-ftpd (SERVER) 26871 : /usr/sbin/mysqld--basedir=/usr--datadir=/var/lib/mysql--plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin--user=mysql--log-error=/var/lib/mysql/REDACTED.com.err--open-files-limit=10000--pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/REDACTED.com.pid 2224 : /usr/sbin/abrtd 14687 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 14802 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 14031 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 1371 : SonarPush 0.5.236 [sleeping] 2358 : crond 14251 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 14305 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 2375 : /usr/sbin/atd 14595 : /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd-kstart-DSSL 1414 : /usr/sbin/named-unamed [REDACTED@host ~]#
Below is the email received:
Subject: [REDACTED.com] ? New security advisor notifications with medium importance An error occurred while attempting to check whether running executables are up-to-date: The "/usr/bin/needs-restarting" command (process 22830) reported error number 1 when it ended.
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coursevector

July 28, 2016 13:41
Almost forgot the correspond abrt email as well;
Subject: [abrt] a crash has been detected again abrt_version: 2.0.8 cmdline: /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/needs-restarting event_log: executable: /usr/bin/needs-restarting hostname: REDACTED.com kernel: 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64 last_occurrence: 1469681160 machineid: sosreport_uploader-dmidecode=700e46a8552074001ccb25e384a3c416b114923b0a1c0914b80897e68f7341cb pkg_arch: noarch pkg_epoch: 0 pkg_fingerprint: 0946 FCA2 C105 B9DE pkg_name: yum-utils pkg_release: 37.el6 pkg_vendor: CentOS pkg_version: 1.1.30 time: Fri 17 Jun 2016 12:43:24 AM EDT uid: 0 username: root sosreport.tar.xz: Binary file, 1421028 bytes backtrace: :yumRepo.py:840:_getFile:NoMoreMirrorsRepoError: failure: repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from system-extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. : :Traceback (most recent call last): : File "/usr/bin/needs-restarting", line 173, in : sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) : File "/usr/bin/needs-restarting", line 154, in main : for oldpkg in my.pkgSack.searchFiles(just_fn): # ghostfiles are always bogons : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 472, in searchFiles : return self._computeAggregateListResult("searchFiles", name) : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 599, in _computeAggregateListResult : sackResult = apply(method, args) : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 46, in newFunc : return func(*args, **kwargs) : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 934, in searchFiles : self.populate(repo, mdtype='filelists') : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 173, in populate : db_fn = repo._retrieveMD(mydbtype) : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1632, in _retrieveMD : size=thisdata.size) : File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 840, in _getFile : raise Errors.NoMoreMirrorsRepoError, errstr :NoMoreMirrorsRepoError: failure: repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from system-extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. : :Local variables in innermost frame: :e: URLGrabError(256, 'No more mirrors to try.') :start: None :url: None :text: 'system-extras/filelists_db' :self: :cache: True :reget: 'simple' :relative: 'repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2' :headers: () :checkfunc: :errstr: 'failure: repodata/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2 from system-extras: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.' :copy_local: 1 :end: None :local: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/system-extras/91b1b5206c0209eb109fc038f1dc324509f689901692729e0d0e7ffb808a46bb-filelists.sqlite.bz2' :size: '38658'
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coursevector

August 02, 2016 14:15
This just occurred on another server of ours, although there was no corresponding abrt error email.
An error occurred while attempting to check whether running executables are up-to-date: The "/usr/bin/needs-restarting" command (process 18292) reported error number 1 when it ended.
Manually tried to run the needs-restarting command, this is what it returned:
REDACTED@host [~]# /usr/bin/needs-restarting 1321 : cpsrvd (SSL) - waiting f --llu=1470060087 --listen=10,11,4,5,6,7,8,9 --accepted=12 1263 : /usr/sbin/named -u named 1 : /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --system --deserialize 20 1242 : /usr/bin/python -Es /usr/sbin/tuned -l -P 499 : /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n 508 : /usr/sbin/nscd 350 : /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald 490 : /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
Below is this servers YUM repositories just in-case:
REDACTED@host [~]# ls -al /etc/yum.repos.d total 28 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 May 2 14:39 ./ drwxr-xr-x. 96 root root 12288 Aug 2 10:12 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 May 2 14:39 kernelcare.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 613 Mar 16 16:14 yum.sourcedns.repo -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606 Mar 16 16:14 yum.system.repo
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cPanelMichael

August 02, 2016 19:59
Could you open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look? You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome. Thank you.
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coursevector

August 03, 2016 15:42
Support Request ID is: 7616699
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