OK, here is a backtrace from a gdb - rebuilt cpio with nostrip and debug in the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. read_in_binary (file_hdr=0x7fff141d36c0, short_hdr=0xff7f1d141033, in_des=0) at copyin.c:1272 1272 file_hdr->c_dev_maj = major (short_hdr->c_dev); (gdb) where #0 read_in_binary (file_hdr=0x7fff141d36c0, short_hdr=0xff7f1d141033, in_des=0) at copyin.c:1272 #1 0x0000000000405939 in read_for_checksum (in_file_des=4285691, file_size=<value optimized out>, file_name=0x8e81f6a54e6e08a3 <Address 0x8e81f6a54e6e08a3 out of bounds>) at copyout.c:51 #2 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) list 1267 warned = 1; 1268 } 1269 swab_array ((char *) &short_hdr, 13); 1270 } 1271 1272 file_hdr->c_dev_maj = major (short_hdr->c_dev); 1273 file_hdr->c_dev_min = minor (short_hdr->c_dev); 1274 file_hdr->c_ino = short_hdr->c_ino; 1275 file_hdr->c_mode = short_hdr->c_mode; 1276 file_hdr->c_uid = short_hdr->c_uid; (gdb) p short_hdr $1 = (struct old_cpio_header *) 0xff7f1d141033 (gdb) p *short_hdr Cannot access memory at address 0xff7f1d141033 (gdb) -- [gutsy] cpio segs on bad input https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs