Bug 2444567

Summary: procdump unusable due to 'buffer overflow detected' abort
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: jacek.midura
Component: procdumpAssignee: Julio Faracco <jfaracco>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 43CC: jfaracco
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Description jacek.midura 2026-03-04 16:31:50 UTC
I can't use procdump on Fedora 43 because every time it terminates very early with the following output:

$ sudo procdump dummy

ProcDump v0.0.0 - Sysinternals process dump utility
Copyright (C) 2024 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT license.
Mark Russinovich, Mario Hewardt, John Salem, Javid Habibi
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Monitors one or more processes and writes a core dump file when the processes exceeds the
specified criteria.

*** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
Aborted                    sudo procdump dummy

(note the ProcDump v0.0.0 in the output despite the version of the tool is 3.5.0 - not sure if it matters).

I have fully updated Fedora 43 (kernel 6.18.13-200.fc43.x86_64). I use procdump from Fedora repository. Both versions available in the repo get aborted in the same way:

procdump.x86_64 3.4.0-2.fc43 fedora
procdump.x86_64 3.5.0-1.fc43 updates


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install 'procdump' with 'sudo dnf install procdump'
2. run 'sudo procdump dummy' and see it being aborted
Actual Results:
Program is aborted with message:

*** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
Aborted                    sudo procdump dummy

Expected Results:
Program does not get aborted due to buffer overflow.

Additional Information:
RHEL8 binaries from ProcDump repo https://github.com/microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux/releases/download/3.5.0/procdump-3.5.0-0.el8.x86_64.rpm work OK in Fedora, it's only a problem with native Fedora packages.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-08-05 19:24:58 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0 (New upstream release 3.5.2) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-08-05 19:30:34 UTC
FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d (New upstream release 3.5.2) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-08-06 17:59:40 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-08-06 18:00:53 UTC
FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-08-14 01:18:00 UTC
FEDORA-2026-81a7760a0d (New upstream release 3.5.2) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-08-14 01:36:54 UTC
FEDORA-2026-ee068b5af0 (New upstream release 3.5.2) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.