Policy Server Crashes with Stack at CSmContextContainer::GetContext

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On

Issue/Introduction

I'm running a Policy Server and randomly the Policy Server crashes with the following java stack :

hs_err_.log

  C [libsmutilities.so+0x1474d6] std::_Rb_tree<int, std::pair<int const, void*>,
  std::_Select1st<std::pair<int const, void*> >, std::less<int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, void*>
  > >::_M_begin()+0x6
  C [libsmutilities.so+0x147714] std::_Rb_tree<int, std::pair<int const, void*>,
  std::_Select1st<std::pair<int const, void*> >, std::less<int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, void*>
  > >::find(int const&)+0x1e
  C [libsmutilities.so+0x1472fd] std::map<int, void*, std::less<int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, void*>
  > >::find(int const&)+0x23
  C [libsmutilities.so+0x147052] CSmContextContainer::GetContext(int, void*&)+0x36
  C [libsmauth.so+0xd8051] SmSessionVariableProvider::GetInterface(int, void*, void*&, void*&)+0x157
  C [libsmutilities.so+0x145f07] CSmApiFactory::GetInterface(int, void*, void*&, void*&)+0xdd
  C [libsmauth.so+0x76ee7] CSmAuthUser::GetPropIndex(void*, CString const&, CString&, bool&, int) const+0x4f7f
  C [libsmauth.so+0x79513] CSmAuthUser::GetProp(CString const&, CString&, bool&) const+0x2b
  C [libsmauth.so+0x5d73c] GetDsUserProp(void const*, char const*, int, char*)+0x6c8

I've implemented active expression and responses for Federation Journey.

Why do I get this issue ? How can I fix it ?

Environment

Policy Server 12.5CR02 on RedHat 5;Session Store on CA Directory 12.0SP14;

Cause

This is a known issue. This is an internal problem by setting the ContextContainer when handling
Active expression as Response attribute.

Resolution

Upgrade Policy Server to 12.51CR04 and 12.52SP1CR01 and above.

Additional Information

ps-12.51-cr04-readme.txt

July 31, 2014 Policy Server 12.51 CR04 contains fixes for the following tracking numbers:
54076,62052 The Policy Server terminates abnormally when Active Expression is used in Response for authorization.

Defects Fixed in 12.52 SP1 CR01

Policy Server Terminates Abruptly (75274)
Symptom:
Policy Server terminates abruptly when Active Expression is authorized as response attribute.
Solution:
This issue is fixed.