runtime: 0.453 instruction: 0.293 syscall: 0.253 Using setreuid / setegid crashes x86_64 user-mode target When setreuid() or setegid() are called from x86_64 target code in user mode, qemu crashes inside the NPTL signal handlers. x86 targets do not directly use a syscall to handle setreuid() / setegid(); instead the x86 NPTL implementation sets up a temporary data region in memory (__xidcmd) and issues a signal (SIGRT1) to all threads, allowing the handler for that signal to issue the syscall. Under qemu, __xidcmd remains null (see variable display below backtrace). Backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x3fff85c74fc0 (LWP 74517)] 0x000000006017491c in sighandler_setxid (sig=33, si=0x3fff85c72d08, ctx=0x3fff85c71f90) at nptl-init.c:263 263 nptl-init.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread 0x3fff87e8efc0 (LWP 74515)): #0 0x00000000601cc430 in syscall () #1 0x0000000060109080 in futex_wait (val=, ev=) at /build/qemu/util/qemu-thread-posix.c:292 #2 qemu_event_wait (ev=0x62367bb0 ) at /build/qemu/util/qemu-thread-posix.c:399 #3 0x000000006010f73c in call_rcu_thread (opaque=) at /build/qemu/util/rcu.c:250 #4 0x0000000060176f8c in start_thread (arg=0x3fff87e8efc0) at pthread_create.c:336 #5 0x00000000601cebf4 in clone () Thread 2 (Thread 0x3fff85c74fc0 (LWP 74517)): #0 0x000000006017491c in sighandler_setxid (sig=33, si=0x3fff85c72d08, ctx=0x3fff85c71f90) at nptl-init.c:263 #1 #2 0x00000000601cc42c in syscall () #3 0x0000000060044b08 in safe_futex (val3=, uaddr2=0x0, timeout=, val=, op=128, uaddr=) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:748 #4 do_futex (val3=, uaddr2=275186650880, timeout=0, val=1129, op=128, uaddr=275186651116) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:6201 #5 do_syscall (cpu_env=0x1000abfd350, num=, arg1=275186651116, arg2=, arg3=1129, arg4=0, arg5=275186650880, arg6=, arg7=0, arg8=0) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:10651 #6 0x00000000600347b8 in cpu_loop (env=0x1000abfd350) at /build/qemu/linux-user/main.c:317 #7 0x0000000060036ae0 in clone_func (arg=0x3fffc4c2ca38) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:5445 #8 0x0000000060176f8c in start_thread (arg=0x3fff85c74fc0) at pthread_create.c:336 #9 0x00000000601cebf4 in clone () Thread 1 (Thread 0x1000aa05000 (LWP 74511)): #0 0x00000000601cc430 in syscall () #1 0x0000000060044b08 in safe_futex (val3=, uaddr2=0x0, timeout=, val=, op=128, uaddr=) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:748 #2 do_futex (val3=, uaddr2=1, timeout=0, val=1, op=128, uaddr=275078324992) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:6201 #3 do_syscall (cpu_env=0x1000aa23890, num=, arg1=275078324992, arg2=, arg3=1, arg4=0, arg5=1, arg6=, arg7=0, arg8=0) at /build/qemu/linux-user/syscall.c:10651 #4 0x00000000600347b8 in cpu_loop (env=0x1000aa23890) at /build/qemu/linux-user/main.c:317 #5 0x00000000600020e4 in main (argc=, argv=, envp=) at /build/qemu/linux-user/main.c:4779 (gdb) p __xidcmd $1 = (struct xid_command *) 0x0