Created attachment 1574708 [details] coredump Description of problem: # dnf install gdb # dnf debuginfo-install grub2-tools # gdb -q --args grub2-install /dev/sda Reading symbols from grub2-install... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/sbin/grub2-install-2.02-81.fc30.x86_64.» Segmentation fault (core dumped) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # gdb --version GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 8.3-2.fc30 # grub2-install --version grub2-install (GRUB) 2.03 Expected results: better internal error handling (on possible corrupted debug info) gdb should write an error message instead of crash (for example: you have to rebuild something ... because the culprit is something outside of gdb) Additional info: # coredumpctl -o gdb.coredump dump /usr/libexec/gdb PID: 8466 (gdb) UID: 0 (root) GID: 0 (root) Signal: 11 (SEGV) Timestamp: Wed 2019-05-29 12:37:20 CEST (25min ago) Command Line: gdb -q --args grub2-install /dev/sda Executable: /usr/libexec/gdb Control Group: /user.slice/user-0.slice/session-5.scope Unit: session-5.scope Slice: user-0.slice Session: 5 Owner UID: 0 (root) Boot ID: 9d93a50ce0a148dc8df1ca570dd2873f Machine ID: 3047f6ad84f7478998e6ea84a5aeb694 Hostname: F30 Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.gdb.0.9d93a50ce0a148dc8df1ca570dd2873f.8466.1559126240000000.lz4 Message: Process 8466 (gdb) of user 0 dumped core. Stack trace of thread 8466: #0 0x00007f8c307a2825 __strcmp_avx2 (libc.so.6) #1 0x000055c17534774d n/a (gdb) #2 0x000055c175673d23 n/a (gdb) #3 0x000055c17567422b n/a (gdb) #4 0x000055c175347470 n/a (gdb) #5 0x000055c175348817 n/a (gdb) #6 0x000055c175281917 n/a (gdb) #7 0x000055c175281a54 n/a (gdb) #8 0x000055c17528210c n/a (gdb) #9 0x000055c175298c38 n/a (gdb) #10 0x000055c17529d9f8 n/a (gdb) #11 0x000055c17529dee6 n/a (gdb) #12 0x000055c17529e777 n/a (gdb) #13 0x000055c175496a2b n/a (gdb) #14 0x000055c175496b83 n/a (gdb) #15 0x000055c17537d6a1 n/a (gdb) #16 0x000055c17549b197 n/a (gdb) #17 0x000055c17549ad89 n/a (gdb) #18 0x000055c17549afd3 n/a (gdb) #19 0x000055c175488bd6 n/a (gdb) #20 0x000055c175348cc8 n/a (gdb) #21 0x000055c17534a4a5 n/a (gdb) #22 0x000055c175144da0 n/a (gdb) #23 0x00007f8c3066ef33 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6) #24 0x000055c17514937e n/a (gdb) More than one entry matches, ignoring rest.
Patch submitted: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-05/msg00635.html
FEDORA-2019-22dbeb3c5b has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-22dbeb3c5b
gdb-8.3-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-22dbeb3c5b
gdb-8.3.50.20190601-15.fc31 has also been built on Rawhide containing the fix for this.
gdb-8.3-3.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.