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-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. 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/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1441042/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
