Upstream 2.26.1 contains the same problem, just on different lines in
the code. Problem forwarded to the upstream mailing list.


Best,

Otto.

On 03/20/15 13:30, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> Hello Otto Visser!
> 
> Manual fuzz testing... Thanks for your interest in hardening
> the util-linux implementation. :)
> 
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:11:56AM +0100, Otto Visser wrote:
>> Package: util-linux
>> Version: 2.25.2-5
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> Let's start with the TL;DR version: 
>> if fdisk encounters a GPT header
>> with an incorrect size field it tries to calculate the CRC32 over
>> whatever this size field is reporting, leading eventually to a segfault.
> [...]
> 
> My initial advice would be to try with a newer upstream version of util-linux.
> I know several GPT-related bug-fixes has been added upstream and should
> be part of 2.26(.1).
> 
> You should be able to build and run the upstream version straight from the
> build directory (just make sure you load the right libfdisk also from the
> build directory and not the system one).
> 
> If this does not solve the problem, then I would advice you post about it
> on the upstream mailing list. They will be able to give you much more
> detailed advice....
> 
> Please keep this bug report posted about your findings. Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas Henriksson
> 

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