Bug#607256: general: various programs generate segfaults, like top, w and exim

[Ian Roberts <ir@etlsolutions.com>]

Package: general
Severity: serious
Justification: 1



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Top, w and exim are programs that generate segfaults.

[17962891.960308] exim[9003]: segfault at 7fffd60d72c4 ip 000000000041e95c sp 00007fffd60d7290 error 6 in exim4[400000+c8000]
[18093448.036060] hpet1: lost 1 rtc interrupts
[18093481.029965] hpet1: lost 1 rtc interrupts
[18115321.128571] top[17527]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffbc2c44 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]
[18115324.494047] top[17528]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffc205c4 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]
[18115344.797938] top[17538]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffbe97c4 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]
[18115461.273407] top[17605]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffc04c74 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]
[18115772.224782] w[17936]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ff860a54 error 14 in w[8048000+73000]
[18115774.495840] top[17937]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffb236f4 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]
[18116155.297127] top[18294]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00000000ffe5c844 error 14 in top[8048000+80000]

I have yet to try and reboot the system.  But this is very worriying for me.  Them machine runs vmware, all vms are up and 
running.