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  1. RHEL
  2. RHEL-71999

Firefox segfaults on some pages in private window in FIPS mode

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      Browse to youtube.com in Firefox private window with FIPS enabled. Youtube is only an example as some website that causes the segfault.

      What is the impact of this issue to you?

      Low priority

      Please provide the package NVR for which the bug is seen:

      firefox-115.11.0-1.el8_10.x86_64

      How reproducible is this bug?:

      Every time

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Verify FIPS is enabled "fips-mode-setup --check"
      2. Open Firefox private window
      3. Browse to youtube.com (as an example)

      Expected results

      No segfault.

      Actual results

      Segfault

       

      Reproduced on RHEL 8 and 9.

        1. fips-youtube.patch
          2 kB
        2. firefox_fips_private_window_youtube_coredump.txt
          109 kB

              stransky@redhat.com Martin Stransky
              jdloft Jamison Lofthouse
              Jan Horak Jan Horak
              Michal Odehnal Michal Odehnal
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