/usr/bin/partitionmanager-bin': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000002786000 ***
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| parted (Ubuntu) |
New
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I try to partition an external hard disk (Toshiba 3 TB USB 3.0).
Whatever tool I try, I always end up with a double free error in parted, I tried paritionmanager, gparted, and aprted on the CLI, same problem.
I first ran gdisk to get a GPT table as the disk was by default using MBR (which seems silly on such a big disk, but then...)
Once this is done (gdisk writes the new GUIID and exits without a problem), I try to create a new ext4 partition on the disk, but invarialby always end up with a double free error and a crash. Sadly the bug appears to be in parted, as all GUI frontends (partitionmanager and gparted) produce the same error, so does parted when run in a konsole.
I started parted with the following command:
sudo parted /dev/sdb
then try to see if there is a partition table:
(parted) print
*** Error in `parted': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001766000 ***
*** Error in `parted': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000001765cf0 ***
...
I have to kill parted to continue
When trying to run the suggested command:
parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print
I get exactly the same message again:
sudo parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print
*** Error in `parted': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001ff9000 ***
*** Error in `parted': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000001ff8b10 ***
You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:
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Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:
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This seems to me to be a really critical bug, as it is impossible to create a partition and/or a filesystem on this disk. I doubt the disk is to blame, as gdisk runs without problems
Please tell me if you need more information, I am always on in #kubuntu-devel on IRC
Backtrace:
sudo gdb parted
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Reading symbols from parted...
warning: the debug information found in "/usr/lib/
warning: the debug information found in "/usr/lib/
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) run /dev/sdb
Starting program: /sbin/parted /dev/sdb
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_
GNU Parted 2.3
Verwende /dev/sdb
Willkommen zu GNU Parted! Geben Sie 'help' ein, um eine Liste der verfügbaren Kommados zu erhalten.
(parted) print
*** Error in `/sbin/parted': free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000000644000 ***
*** Error in `/sbin/parted': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000000643b90 ***
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
_int_malloc (av=0x7ffff76e5760 <main_arena>, bytes=43) at malloc.c:3489
3489 malloc.c: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden.
(gdb) thread apply all bt
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fbd880 (LWP 16188)):
#0 _int_malloc (av=0x7ffff76e5760 <main_arena>, bytes=43) at malloc.c:3489
#1 0x00007ffff73a95f0 in __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=43) at malloc.c:2891
#2 0x00007ffff735a47f in _nl_make_l10nflist (l10nfile_
#3 0x00007ffff735821a in _nl_find_domain (dirname=
#4 0x00007ffff7357a5e in __dcigettext (domainname=
#5 0x00007ffff735688f in __GI___dcgettext (domainname=
#6 0x00007ffff7b809e8 in fat_boot_
#7 0x00007ffff7b83efc in fat_probe (geom=geom@
#8 0x00007ffff7b83f7e in fat_probe_fat16 (geom=geom@
#9 0x00007ffff7b9621a in msdos_probe (dev=0x6362b0) at ../../.
#10 0x00007ffff7b6db75 in ped_disk_probe (dev=dev@
#11 0x00007ffff7b6ff73 in ped_disk_new (dev=0x6362b0) at ../../libparted
#12 0x0000000000406dff in ?? ()
#13 0x000000000040db71 in interactive_mode ()
#14 0x00000000004065bd in main ()
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: parted 2.3-18
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Apr 7 11:33:34 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-27 (314 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130314)
SourcePackage: parted
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-05 (32 days ago)
| Myriam Schweingruber (myriam) wrote | #1 |
