[ZBX-21874] ICMP Time exceeded response break the fping process Created: 2022 Nov 05  Updated: 2023 Apr 28

Status: Confirmed
Project: ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s: Server (S)
Affects Version/s: 4.0.44
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Problem report Priority: Trivial
Reporter: Blažej Krajňák Assignee: Zabbix Development Team
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 0
Labels: fping, ping
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

Linux 5.10.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.120-1 (2022-06-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
zabbix-server-mysql/unknown,now 1:4.0.41-1+debian11 amd64 [installed]
Fping: Version 4.4



 Description   

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create ICMP simple check which results in TTL exceed message

Result:

If fping returns message "ICMP Time Exceeded from..." for one of tested hosts of pinger process, then this and all others tested hosts are marked as "not supported".

 

2725:20221105:120022.116 ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host1]:icmppingloss[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host2]:icmppingsec[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host3]:icmppingsec[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host4]:icmpping[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host5]:icmppingsec[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%
  2463:20221105:120022.614 item "[censored_host6]:icmppingloss[,10,,,]" became not supported: ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
109.236.117.142 : xmt/rcv/%loss = 1/0/100%

 

Fping process sample output:

demo@zabbix:/tmp$ cat test.txt 
109.236.117.142
8.8.8.8
demo@zabbix:/tmp$ /home/blazej/fping -C3 -i0  < test.txt
ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
8.8.8.8         : [0], 84 bytes, 11.5 ms (11.5 avg, 0% loss)
ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
8.8.8.8         : [1], 84 bytes, 10.9 ms (11.2 avg, 0% loss)
ICMP Time Exceeded from 172.20.201.11 for ICMP Echo sent to 109.236.117.142
8.8.8.8         : [2], 84 bytes, 11.1 ms (11.2 avg, 0% loss)


109.236.117.142 : - - -
8.8.8.8         : 11.56 10.97 11.14 

Expected:
Host 109.236.117.142 should have 100% ping loss. Other hosts measured by the same pinger process must not be affected.



 Comments   
Comment by Maciej [ 2022 Nov 14 ]

Same issue occurs on 5.0.10

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