Public bug reported: Please let me know what other information I can provide. Some basic info I've captured below.
root@jetson-0423318029481:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic root@jetson-0423318029481:~# uname -a Linux jetson-0423318029481 4.9.108-tegra #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 31 15:17:21 PDT 2018 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux root@jetson-0423318029481:~# apt-cache madison dmidecode dmidecode | 3.1-1 | http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports bionic/main arm64 Packages root@jetson-0423318029481:~# dmidecode -V 3.1 root@jetson-0423318029481:~# strace dmidecode execve("/usr/sbin/dmidecode", ["dmidecode"], 0x7fdc753060 /* 15 vars */) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x559651a000 faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=130516, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 130516, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f804c2000 close(3) = 0 faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\267\0\1\0\0\0 \10\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1341080, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8050a000 mmap(NULL, 1409880, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f80369000 mprotect(0x7f804a9000, 61440, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f804b8000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13f000) = 0x7f804b8000 mmap(0x7f804be000, 13144, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f804be000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x7f804b8000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x55932d9000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f8050e000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f804c2000, 130516) = 0 fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x559651a000 brk(0x559653b000) = 0x559653b000 write(1, "# dmidecode 3.1\n", 16# dmidecode 3.1 ) = 16 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/firmware/dmi/tables/smbios_entry_point", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/sys/firmware/efi/systab", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/efi/systab", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(1, "Scanning /dev/mem for entry poin"..., 35Scanning /dev/mem for entry point. ) = 35 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/dev/mem", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat(3, # System hangs and reboots here. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: dmidecode 3.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Mar 25 12:15:53 2019 Dependencies: gcc-8-base 8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04 libc6 2.27-3ubuntu1 libgcc1 1:8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-28 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dmidecode UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: dmidecode (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug arm64 bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821632 Title: dmidecode causing system crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmidecode/+bug/1821632/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs