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| From | Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd |
| Date | 2016-03-30 13:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rim0W-44B-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <r67An-6XN-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <r71Cx-5AH-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 08:09:47PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > When using lsinitramfs to check the contents of an initrd:
> >
> > > root:~# lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-4.4.2
> > > /boot/initrd.img-4.4.2-curly-0
> > > kernel
> > > kernel/x86
> > > kernel/x86/microcode
> > > kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
> > > *** Error in `zcat': double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0000000002236940 ***
> >
> > lsinitramfs runs fine on my AMD boxes.
> >
> > It seems that Ubuntu has at least two reports of this: see their bug
> > numberss 1541076 and 1507443. I don't see a Debian bug report on it, though.
>
> The crash is a bug in zcat. But presumably we are also not invoking it
> correctly.
I couldn't reproduce this. Ron, could you place your /boot/initrd.img-4.4.2
somewhere for download?
Cheers,
Moritz
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Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd Ron Murray <rjmx@rjmx.net> - 2016-02-25 18:10 +0100
Processed: Re: Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-02-28 06:00 +0100
Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-02-28 06:00 +0100
Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org> - 2016-03-30 13:00 +0200
Processed: Re: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-04-16 15:10 +0200
Bug#815915: initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-04-16 15:10 +0200
Bug#815915: marked as done (initramfs-tools-core: lsinitramfs causes zcat crash when Intel microcode is included in initrd) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-04-17 21:30 +0200
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