[Bug 293003] security/strongswan: random crashes

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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:07:26 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293003

            Bug ID: 293003
           Summary: security/strongswan: random crashes
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: topical@gmx.net
                CC: strongswan@Nanoteq.com
                CC: strongswan@Nanoteq.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(strongswan@Nanoteq.com)

Strongswan crashes randomly. 

When checking status I get:

# service strongswan statusall
connecting to 'unix:///var/run/charon.vici' failed: Connection refused
...

In /var/log/messages I see

Feb  6 06:19:20 fw1 daemon[35913]: addr2line: error: '[vdso]': No such file or
directory
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:  dumping 10 stack frame addresses:
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /lib/libthr.so.3 @ 0x0000000825091000
(_pthread_sigmask+0x4fc) [0x00000008250ab2dc]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /lib/libthr.so.3 @ 0x0000000825091000
(pthread_signals_unblock_np+0x5bb) [0x00000008250aa8eb]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   [vdso] @ 0x0000000821ec5000
(__vdso_sigcode+0x3) [0x0000000821ec52d3]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]: addr2line: error: '[vdso]': No such file or
directory
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> 
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libcharon.so.0 @
0x0000000823a30000 (child_delete_create+0xcb0) [0x0000000823aa81f0]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libcharon.so.0 @
0x0000000823a30000 (task_manager_v2_create+0x15a7) [0x0000000823a9a037]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libcharon.so.0 @
0x0000000823a30000 (task_manager_v2_create+0x820) [0x0000000823a992b0]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libcharon.so.0 @
0x0000000823a30000 (ike_sa_get_dynamic_hosts+0x2843) [0x0000000823a8ba73]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libcharon.so.0 @
0x0000000823a30000 (process_message_job_create+0x191) [0x0000000823a819d1]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libstrongswan.so.0 @
0x0000000822a0e000 (processor_create+0x777) [0x0000000822a6a7f7]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:   /usr/local/lib/ipsec/libstrongswan.so.0 @
0x0000000822a0e000 (thread_create+0x180) [0x0000000822a80b00]
Feb  6 06:19:21 fw1 daemon[35913]:     -> ??:0

Multiple servers are affected.

I had no problems with FreeBSD 14.0. The first crash occurred on a server that
had been upgraded to FreeBSD 15.0 recently, so I assume that this upgrade is to
blame.

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