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Bug #10624

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Memory leak in Unbound with Python module and DHCP lease registration active

Added by Adrien Carlyle over 2 years ago. Updated 16 days ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Christian McDonald
Category:
DNS Resolver
Target version:
2.7.0
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
23.01
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.4.5
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

Issue reported and diagnosed on forums here: Was able to see evidence of this on SG-1100 and SG-3100.
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154113/sg-1100-2-4-5-unbound-python-module-dhcp-lease-dns-registration-memory-leak

TLDR: When an unbound python module is configured, and the "Register DHCP leases in the DNS resolver" option is enabled. DHCP clients joining the network cause unbound memory usage to increase each time.

If I disable either the python module, or the option to register leases, things appear to function normally.

Related issues

Related to Bug #5413: Incorrect Handling of Unbound Resolver [service restarts, cache loss, DNS service interruption]ConfirmedChristian McDonald11/10/2015

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Related to Regression #11316: Unbound crashes with signal 11 when reloadingFeedbackChristian McDonald

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 #1

Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from Unbound configuration memory leak to Unbound configuration memory leak with python module + register DHCP leases active
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 #2

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

This would likely be fixed by also solving #5413 since it wouldn't restart in this case. Though the actual memory leak should be re-tested on unbound 1.13.1 and if it's still present, it should be reported upstream to the Unbound devs.

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 #3

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago

  • Related to Bug #5413: Incorrect Handling of Unbound Resolver [service restarts, cache loss, DNS service interruption] added
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 #4

Updated by Christian McDonald about 1 month ago

  • Assignee set to Christian McDonald
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 #5

Updated by Christian McDonald about 1 month ago

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

This is confirmed.

Python3.9 and lower has some deeply rooted memory management problems. Because of the way Unbound reinitializes the Python context every time Unbound is reloaded via unbound-control reload or kill -HUP, some memory is leaked.

Moving to Python3.10+ greatly improves this situation.

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 #6

Updated by Jim Pingle 26 days ago

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 #7

Updated by Christian McDonald 23 days ago

https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/pull/827

We also need Unbound to quit reloading the interpreter on every SIGHUP/reload. This is unnecessary.

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 #8

Updated by Christian McDonald 23 days ago

  • Target version set to 2.7.0
  • Plus Target Version set to 23.01
  • Release Notes set to Default
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 #9

Updated by Christian McDonald 23 days ago

  • Affected Architecture All added
  • Affected Architecture deleted (SG-1100, SG-3100)
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 #10

Updated by Christian McDonald 22 days ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Feedback

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/190a54b5581d5a20b5f839a8a01180d201883cab

This should be significantly improved.

Test the latest snapshots

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 #11

Updated by Jim Pingle 20 days ago

  • Subject changed from Unbound configuration memory leak with python module + register DHCP leases active to Memory leak in Unbound with Python module and DHCP lease registration active
  • Start date deleted (06/02/2020)

Updating subject for release notes.

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 #12

Updated by Christian McDonald 16 days ago

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