Bug#699205: linux-image-3.7-trunk-amd64: ps, pgrep and pkill segfault after upgrade from 3.7.1-1~experimental.2 to 3.7.3-1~experimental.1

[Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:18:02AM +0100, Sascha Silbe wrote:
> after updating the linux-image-3.7-trunk-amd64 from
> 3.7.1-1~experimental.2 to 3.7.3-1~experimental.1 today and rebooting,
> the tools ps, pgrep and pkill (package procps) are always segfaulting:

And there was nothing else updated at the same time? Does debsums show
changed files?

> [  385.933440] pgrep[5677]: segfault at 7f40fffffff0 ip 00007f40f361fca0 sp 00007fffcc1b93b8 error 4 in libc-2.13.so[7f40f3500000+180000]
> [  392.214503] pkill[5682]: segfault at 7fb5fffffff0 ip 00007fb5dc04fca0 sp 00007fff02a899a8 error 4 in libc-2.13.so[7fb5dbf30000+180000]

This looks suspicious. You want to install libc6-dbg and see where is
breaks in there.

Bastian

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