Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1145056
hivexml generate "Argument list too long" on some Windows Registry
Last modified: 2015-03-05 08:42:12 EST
Description of problem: hivex generate "Argument list too long" on some Windows Registry(XP 32bit, 2003 32bit, 2003 64bit) It works well on the same hive file with hivex-1.3.8-4.el7.x86_64 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hivex-1.3.10-5.2.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. extract hive file from Windows image 2. dumpxml with hivexml # hivexml WinXP-32-hvm.software > /dev/null WinXP-32-hvm.software: Argument list too long Actual results: # hivexml WinXP-32-hvm.software > /dev/null WinXP-32-hvm.software: Argument list too long Expected results: No error outputs Additional info:
Upstream fix: https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/9763f96a1374486c7d00ea5c04b8048fe69e63f3 https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/914d9b9a91babf0227989bc7ea00cf5e41ed7da4 The first patch is the required fix. The second one cleans up the hokey error handling in hivexml a bit.
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Verified: hivex-1.3.10-5.3.el7.x86_64 No error output from # hivexml software.xp.32 > /dev/null
A similar case was reported on the mailing list today: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-November/msg00133.html I have fixed it upstream and will include the fix in hivex in RHEL 7. The fix seems like it should be completely safe: https://github.com/libguestfs/hivex/commit/4b3c3cd2b3d8d34601979feeb1390fddd442ab04 It's hard to reproduce unless you have the precise Windows XP version from the reporter which used a French copy of Citrix.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0301.html