** Description changed: - System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Kernel: 3.16.0-31.43 - kexec-tools: 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 (amd64) - makedumpfile: 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1 + [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] 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. + [PATCH v3] Fix a segment fault in dumping not aligned ELF segment. http://sourceforge.net/p/makedumpfile/code/ci/3961a4440dd04931ce980ef7d6b9b18b88dd8fe3/
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