Bug 1000645
| Summary: | grub2-mkconfig fails with memory error in grub2-script-check | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | bob mckay <urilabob> | ||||
| Component: | grub2 | Assignee: | Peter Jones <pjones> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED EOL | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 19 | CC: | bcl, dennis, mads, pjones | ||||
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| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2015-02-18 11:24:54 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||
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There is no doubt it is a bug - apparently in handling of syntax errors. It should have given a clear error message. It seems to work ok if you fix the syntax errors in your 40_custom file. Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I should leave this as assigned because of the lack of syntax message? This message is a notice that Fedora 19 is now at end of life. Fedora has stopped maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 19. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. Approximately 4 (four) weeks from now this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '19'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version. Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not able to fix it before Fedora 19 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora, you are encouraged change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. Fedora 19 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-01-06. Fedora 19 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed. |
Created attachment 789756 [details] /etc/grub.d/40_custom file which I edited immediately before problem Description of problem: when I run grub2, I get this error: *** Error in `/usr/bin/grub2-script-check': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000000000096b0c0 *** Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I'm not sure how to get this. The How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edited /etc/grub.d/40_custom 2. grub2-install /dev/sda 3. grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Actual results: The mkconfig ends with: Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-46f8d5da02fe1dc312320b684bf39fd1.img *** Error in `/usr/bin/grub2-script-check': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000000000096b0c0 *** *** Error in `/usr/bin/grub2-script-check': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x000000000096b0c0 *** then hangs. I haven't encountered any other memory errors on this machine, so I don't think there is a hardware problem. Expected results: Normal termination Additional info: This is a fairly standard fedora install, though it has been upgraded over a number of versions (preupgrade and fedup). In case it's relevant, the /etc/grub.d/40_custom file is attached. I couldn't find any other relevant information in /var/log, but happy to provide additional information if needed.