This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.2
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makedumpfile (1.5.5-2ubuntu1.2) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium
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debian/patches/0003-fix-memset-in-cyclic-bitmap-initialization-segfault.patch
debian/patches/0004-Fix-a-segment-fault-in-dumping-not-aligned.patch
- Fix segmentation fault when small PT_LOAD is generated (LP: #1441042)
-- Louis Bouchard <louis.bouch...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:04:39 +0200
** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1441042
Title:
makedumpfile fails with segfault
Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[SRU justification]
Makedumpfile execution fails with segmentation fault when used on systems
using UEFI
[Impact]
Impossible to capture kernel dump
[Fix]
Cherry-pick upstream fixes that address the issue
[Test Case]
Run a kernel crash test un a system using UEFI. Without this fix, execution
of makedumpfile will fails with segmentation fault
[Regression]
Those fixes are already in use in Utopic and Vivid
[Original description of the problem]
System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Kernel: 3.16.0-31.43
kexec-tools: 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 (amd64)
makedumpfile: 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1
This problem has been fixed by following patches on makedumpfile
V1.5.6.
[PATCH] memset() in cyclic bitmap initialization introduce segment fault.
http://sourceforge.net/p/makedumpfile/code/ci/4404368a0860e3b6c845eb41782e97a9bf7593b8/
[PATCH v3] Fix a segment fault in dumping not aligned ELF segment.
http://sourceforge.net/p/makedumpfile/code/ci/3961a4440dd04931ce980ef7d6b9b18b88dd8fe3/
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