Bug#23520: marked as done (dpkg dumps core while reading /var/lib/dpkg/status)
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Subject: dpkg dumps core while reading /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22
Severity: critical
dpkg dumps core when invoked with --install, --list, --search or --remove
An strace reveals that the core is being while trying to read the contents
of /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ strace -f -o ~/dpkg.strace dpkg --list
[See attached strace]
Other Information that might be useful -
Package Version
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apt 0.0.16-1
perl 5.004.04-6
libc6 2.0.7pre1-4
libstdc++2.8 2.90.29-0.3
ncurses3.4 1.9.9g-8.5
$ uname -a
Linux beetle 2.0.34 #1 Thu Jun 11 18:34:26 PDT 1998 i686 unknown
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19825 execve("/usr/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--list"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0
19825 brk(0) = 0x8073b2c
19825 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = 4
19825 fstat(4, {st_mode=0, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
19825 mmap(0, 18, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000c000
19825 close(4) = 0
19825 open("/lib/nfslock.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 4
19825 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000d000
19825 munmap(0x4000d000, 4096) = 0
19825 mmap(0, 7876, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000d000
19825 mprotect(0x4000e000, 3780, PROT_NONE) = 0
19825 mmap(0x4000e000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0) = 0x4000e000
19825 close(4) = 0
19825 munmap(0x4000c000, 18) = 0
19825 open("/usr/lib/libdpkg.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 4
19825 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000c000
19825 munmap(0x4000c000, 4096) = 0
19825 mmap(0, 83260, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000f000
19825 mprotect(0x4001b000, 34108, PROT_NONE) = 0
19825 mmap(0x4001b000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0xb000) = 0x4001b000
19825 mmap(0x4001c000, 30012, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4001c000
19825 close(4) = 0
19825 open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
19825 open("/usr/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
19825 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 4
19825 mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x4000c000
19825 munmap(0x4000c000, 4096) = 0
19825 mmap(0, 667448, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x40024000
19825 mprotect(0x400b4000, 77624, PROT_NONE) = 0
19825 mmap(0x400b4000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x8f000) = 0x400b4000
19825 mmap(0x400bc000, 44856, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400bc000
19825 close(4) = 0
19825 mprotect(0x40024000, 589824, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
19825 mprotect(0x40024000, 589824, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
19825 personality(PER_LINUX) = 0
19825 getpid() = 19825
19825 brk(0) = 0x8073b2c
19825 brk(0x8073b64) = 0x8073b64
19825 brk(0x8074000) = 0x8074000
19825 umask(022) = 022
19825 sysinfo({uptime=165975, loads=[0, 1472, 1952] totalram=97607680, freeram=5124096, sharedram=54755328, bufferram=6643712} totalswap=133885952, freeswap=105082880, procs=113}) = 0
19825 open("/var/lib/dpkg/status", O_RDONLY) = 4
19825 read(4, "Package: vim\nStatus: install ok"..., 16384) = 16384
19825 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
19825 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
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