Public bug reported: This can be reproduced as follows:
1) Switch to VT 1 (ctrl+alt+f1) 2) run: loadkeys garbage 3) loadkeys will segfault The problem appears to be with the implicit declaration of xmalloc in loadkeys.c. It is resolved if #include "xmalloc.h" is added to the top of that file (and in fact all the other source files in kbd that reference xmalloc include that file). Interestingly xmalloc is resolved without include but the returned pointer seems to get truncated. It doesn't do this if the source is built with gcc 5.4 in 16.04 so maybe it has something to do with gcc 6.2 in 16.10. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: kbd 2.0.3-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-19.21-generic 4.8.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Oct 7 15:27:58 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-06 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161006) SourcePackage: kbd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631504 Title: loadkeys segfaults with certain arguments in 16.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kbd/+bug/1631504/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs