Bug#567540: initramfs-tools: breaks system when low space in /tmp
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.92o
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
When there is too little space on /tmp (such as when overflow tmp is
mounted by initscripts) and an initramfs update is triggered (such as by
upgrading udev) initramfs-tools not only fails to build a working
initramfs, it also installs a broken initramfs rendering the system
unbootable under some circumstances (having only one kernel and using a
boot loader which is not configurable at boot time).
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/mapper/nc4010-root ro video=radeonfb
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 7596 1
acpi_cpufreq 8104 0
cpufreq_conservative 6780 0
cpufreq_userspace 2944 0
cpufreq_stats 3868 0
cpufreq_powersave 1408 0
lm90 14132 0
loop 14268 0
snd_ali5451 17616 0
snd_ac97_codec 99668 1 snd_ali5451
arc4 1712 2
ac97_bus 1628 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35316 0
snd_mixer_oss 13528 1 snd_pcm_oss
ecb 2724 2
snd_pcm 69984 3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi 6096 0
snd_rawmidi 20452 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6992 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47960 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
joydev 9252 0
snd_timer 19000 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6780 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
video 19856 0
output 2872 1 video
container 3460 0
wmi 6680 0
snd 54440 9 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
processor 36760 2 acpi_cpufreq
battery 6348 0
ac 3124 0
button 5488 0
ath5k 115672 0
mac80211 136172 1 ath5k
led_class 4236 1 ath5k
ath 7612 1 ath5k
i2c_ali15x3 5928 0
pcmcia 26196 0
soundcore 6844 1 snd
serio_raw 5108 0
btusb 11120 0
snd_page_alloc 8644 1 snd_pcm
ati_agp 6632 1
parport_pc 23704 0
yenta_socket 22736 2
rsrc_nonstatic 10616 1 yenta_socket
i2c_ali1535 5400 0
shpchp 28744 0
evdev 8832 10
pcspkr 2428 0
psmouse 41076 0
parport 33408 1 parport_pc
bluetooth 52832 1 btusb
agpgart 33088 1 ati_agp
pci_hotplug 25820 1 shpchp
pcmcia_core 34464 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
cfg80211 83760 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
rfkill 18660 2 bluetooth,cfg80211
ext3 115288 3
jbd 45192 1 ext3
mbcache 7488 1 ext3
dm_mirror 13584 0
dm_region_hash 11508 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 9500 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_snapshot 23856 0
dm_mod 65432 12 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
ide_gd_mod 23000 3
ata_generic 4500 0
libata 162920 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 143032 1 libata
ide_pci_generic 3784 0
ehci_hcd 32476 0
ohci_hcd 21240 0
tg3 96972 0
alim15x3 6776 3
libphy 23160 1 tg3
usbcore 141112 4 btusb,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
nls_base 7188 1 usbcore
ide_core 97660 3 ide_gd_mod,ide_pci_generic,alim15x3
thermal 13720 0
fan 4460 0
thermal_sys 14396 4 video,processor,thermal,fan
radeonfb 59072 1
fb_ddc 1988 1 radeonfb
i2c_algo_bit 5428 1 radeonfb
i2c_core 21744 6 lm90,i2c_ali15x3,i2c_ali1535,radeonfb,fb_ddc,i2c_algo_bit
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (600, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (110, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.0-2 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 150-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed
initramfs-tools suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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