crash after out of memory?

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

We're encountering a crash when proxying to an Exchange server:

Mar 30 10:40:47 mproxy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<xxxbxxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.39.76.71, lip=141.42.206.11, mpid=18556, TLS, session=<H98xGkAvfvMKJ0xH>
Mar 30 10:40:49 mproxy dovecot: imap(xxxbxxx): Fatal: block_alloc(134217728): Out of memory
Mar 30 10:40:49 mproxy dovecot: imap(xxxbxxx): Error: Raw backtrace:
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x85afe) [0x7fb0b829eafe] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x85bec) [0x7fb0b829ebec] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7fb0b824373a] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x9f284) [0x7fb0b82b8284] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x9f2c3) [0x7fb0b82b82c3] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x9f357) [0x7fb0b82b8357] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x81a6d) [0x7fb0b829aa6d] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(buffer_write+0x6c) [0x7fb0b829acdc] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6ea54) [0x7fb0b8287a54] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x53) [0x7fb0b82a8ee3] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_copy_from_parent+0x118) [0x7fb0b82a96a8] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xc00ba) [0x7fb0b85e10ba] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x53) [0x7fb0b82a8ee3] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3d) [0x7fb0b82a991d] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x72) [0x7fb0b828d2a2] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6e919) [0x7fb0b8287919] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x53) [0x7fb0b82a8ee3] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3d) [0x7fb0b82a991d] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x72) [0x7fb0b828d2a2] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6e919) [0x7fb0b8287919] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x53) [0x7fb0b82a8ee3] -> 
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3d) [0x7fb0b82a991d] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_get_header_size+0x74) [0x7fb0b8290e34] ->
/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imap_msgpart_open+0x317) [0x7fb0b8609f37] -> 
dovecot/imap [xxxbxxx 10.39.76.71 UID fetch](+0x1f1de) [0x7fb0b8a9a1de] -> 
dovecot/imap [xxxbxxx 10.39.76.71 UID fetch](+0x1d60c) [0x7fb0b8a9860c] -> 
dovecot/imap [xxxbxxx 10.39.76.71 UID fetch](imap_fetch_more+0x3a) [0x7fb0b8a9970a] -> 
dovecot/imap [xxxbxxx 10.39.76.71 UID fetch](cmd_fetch+0x354) [0x7fb0b8a8b954] 
Mar 30 10:40:49 mproxy dovecot: imap(xxxbxxx): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 18556 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service
imap { vsz_limit=256 MB }, you may need to increase it) - set CORE_OUTOFMEM=1 environment to get core dump)

It happens for this user ONLY. Using the automatic bosch build: 2.2.21-1~auto+152
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Ralf Hildebrandt
  Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk
  Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  Campus Benjamin Franklin
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