[Bug 1883025] [NEW] [focal SRU] davfs2 unable to unmount: segfault error 4 in libc.so

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[IMPACT]

umount.davfs consistently segfault in focal.  This leads to a number of
medium severity issues.

- inability to unmount (this might have security implications)
- inability to remount
- autofs fails to unmount
- reports of higher load in multi-user environments
- computer "hangs" on shutdown waiting for successful umount completion

[TEST CASE]

No need for a specific test case, simply mount a resource via
davfs2.mount.  Calling umount.davfs2 on that mount in focal will result
in a segfault every time.  Exit code 255 and failure is recorded in
syslog.  The mount stays mounted.

To verify the fix from #2 which is the backport of the fix from
upstream, simply recompile davfs2 and try the procedure once more to see
if the problem has been solved.

[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]

I will leave this mostly to others to evaluate.  Currently,
umount.davfs2 is completely dysfunctional so it's hard to imagine a
regression for a binary that isn't doing anything except segfaulting.

[OTHER INFO]

groovy and later versions have already been fixed via a new upstream
release.  Upstream discussion of the a and m mixup can be found at the
links below.


[ORIGINAL REPORT]

I am getting segfaults everytime I want to unmount my webdav online-
space (segfault error 4).

Hardware failure is impossible as I see - because error already reported on project page (and fixed).
Error should be fixed in davfs 1.5.6 (Maybe easiest to bump to version 1.5.6 on ubuntu repos ?) :)

See (line 4-6):
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/davfs2/davfs2/ChangeLog?revision=1.156&view=markup&pathrev=MAIN

See 2:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=56286#options

EDIT: Using Ubuntu 20.04 x64

** Affects: davfs2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: davfs focal patch segfault unmount
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[focal SRU] davfs2 unable to unmount: segfault error 4 in libc.so
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883025
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