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[Chris J Arges <1441042@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Louis, or anyone else affected,

Accepted makedumpfile into trusty-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1.5.5-2ubuntu1.2 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  makedumpfile fails with segfault

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  Makedumpfile execution fails with segmentation fault when used on systems using UEFI

  [Impact]
  Impossible to capture kernel dump

  [Fix]
  Cherry-pick upstream fixes that address the issue

  [Test Case]
  Run a kernel crash test un a system using UEFI. Without this fix, execution of makedumpfile will fails with segmentation fault

  [Regression]
  Those fixes are already in use in Utopic and Vivid

  [Original description of the problem]

  System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Kernel: 3.16.0-31.43
  kexec-tools: 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 (amd64)
  makedumpfile: 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.1

  This problem has been fixed by following patches on makedumpfile
  V1.5.6.

  [PATCH] memset() in cyclic bitmap initialization introduce segment fault.
  http://sourceforge.net/p/makedumpfile/code/ci/4404368a0860e3b6c845eb41782e97a9bf7593b8/

  [PATCH v3] Fix a segment fault in dumping not aligned ELF segment.
  http://sourceforge.net/p/makedumpfile/code/ci/3961a4440dd04931ce980ef7d6b9b18b88dd8fe3/

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