fix: prevent segmentation fault in ipvs_group_sync_entry - #2704
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Problem
When adding a new IP address to a
virtual_server_groupand reloading keepalived, the checker child segfaults if the virtual server does not have asorry_server.Sample configuration that triggers the crash:
Stack trace:
Root Cause
In
ipvs_group_sync_entry(), the weight of a real server is computed as:If no
sorry_serveris configured,vs->s_svrisNULL, so accessingvs->s_svr->alivecauses a null pointer dereference.The later block in the same function already checks
if (vs->s_svr && ...)before dereferencing it, so this was just a missing check.Testing
sorry_serverand reloading.