Hello Louis, or anyone else affected, Accepted makedumpfile into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1.5.5-2ubuntu1.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed -- 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 Committed 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
