[savannah-help-public] [sr #109668] GNU parted segfault

[Shravan Rajinikanth]

URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?109668>

                 Summary: GNU parted segfault
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: shravan2x
            Submitted on: Thu 04 Apr 2019 01:30:13 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 4 - Important
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: address@hidden
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

I apologize if this issue has already been fixed/reported. I just wanted to
avoid leaving the issue unknown.

My parted instance on Ubuntu Server 16.04LTS x86-64 recently crashed with this
message while I was trying to format a disk:

Command History:
help
print free
mkpart primary 0s 100%
mklabel
mklabel GPT
no
mkpart primary
ext4
y
print devices
print list
mkpart
mkpart
ext4
0%
0%
mkpart
ext4
0%
100%

Error: SEGV_MAPERR (Address not mapped to object)
Backtrace has 8 calls on stack:
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x44) [0x7f5878840e94]
  7: parted(+0xade2) [0x560afe301de2]
  6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x354b0) [0x7f58780324b0]
  5: parted(+0x94a3) [0x560afe3004a3]
  4: parted(interactive_mode+0x120) [0x560afe304000]
  3: parted(main+0x1386) [0x560afe2fd186]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f587801d830]
  1: parted(_start+0x29) [0x560afe2fd1e9]


You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:

Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:

Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:

        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/

Please check this version prior to bug reporting.

If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:

        http://www.gnu.org/software/parted

for further information.

Your report should contain the version of this release (3.2)
along with the error message below, the output of

        parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print

and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.

Assertion (0) at ../../parted/ui.c:356 in function sa_sigsegv_handler()
failed.

Aborted (core dumped)




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