Symptoms
Assume that you use third-party Active Directory providers to authenticate to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2017. When the cache that holds your Kerberos credentials is updated, SQL Server crashes. Additionally, the result of the following command indicates that a core dump occurred in SQL Server:
sudo systemctl status mssql-server
Additionally, a core dump file is generated at /var/opt/mssql/log/.
Resolution
This problem is fixed in the following update for SQL Server:
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Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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