If for some reason there is an existing log file, that is larger then max length of log file, we need to rollover that file immediately. Trying to figure out how much data we could write will resolve in overflow of unsigned variable 'towrite' and this leads to segfault. Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/util/virrotatingfile.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/virrotatingfile.c b/src/util/virrotatingfile.c index 1260710..827b44b 100644 --- a/src/util/virrotatingfile.c +++ b/src/util/virrotatingfile.c @@ -443,7 +443,12 @@ virRotatingFileWriterAppend(virRotatingFileWriterPtr file, size_t towrite = len; bool forceRollover = false; - if ((file->entry->pos + towrite) > file->maxlen) { + if (file->entry->pos > file->maxlen) { + /* If existing file is for some reason larger then max length we + * won't write to this file anymore, but we rollover this file.*/ + forceRollover = true; + towrite = 0; + } else if ((file->entry->pos + towrite) > file->maxlen) { towrite = file->maxlen - file->entry->pos; /* -- 2.6.3