Hello -

I just found that ldp.exe tool that comes with Windows is able to successfully kill OpenLDAP 2.4.23 when one tries tp modify DN and submits an empty old DN. Log files on openldap show this:

Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: conn=1000 op=2 do_modrdn Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: do_modrdn: dn () newrdn (C=US) newsuperior () Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: >>> dnPrettyNormal: <> Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: <<< dnPrettyNormal: <>, <> Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: >>> dnPrettyNormal: <C=US> Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: <<< dnPrettyNormal: <c=US>, <c=us> Dec 29 15:19:32 ottawa slapd[11818]: conn=1000 op=2 MODRDN dn=""

Is this a know bug (see ITS#6570) or something new? Is there a workaround it?

AFAIK it is not known. I am able to reproduce it (Linux, HEAD code), so I suggest you file an ITS. With respect to a workaround, it is not clear what's the purpose of the operation you're trying to accomplish. In general, a modrdn on the empty DN should be meaningless (although it should not crash the server).

p.