This appears to fix it for me: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils- gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=8cd0e5e93145699736a370b271ff03f3f41670b0
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to crash in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1859226 Title: crash reports Illegal instruction w/ newer binutils Status in binutils package in Ubuntu: New Status in crash package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: crash 7.2.6-1ubuntu1 now fails on arm64 w/ an Illegal instruction: $ sudo crash -st /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) /proc/kcore Illegal instruction The previous version of crash was 7.2.6-1build1. While there are no differences in the source code (just an autopkgtest update), it did not hit this: $ sudo crash -st /usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r) /proc/kcore Fri Jan 10 19:31:59 2020 I've verified that the significant difference is with the version of binutils used to build crash. 2.33.50.20200107-1ubuntu1 - Illegal instruction 2.33.1-6ubuntu3 - OK 2.32.51.20190905-0ubuntu1 - OK To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1859226/+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