Description of problem: I get an error message when installing the latest kernel-2.6.15-1.19 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glibc-2.3.90-38 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: yum install kernel-2.6.15-1.19 Actual results: Downloading Packages: (1/1): kernel-2.6.15-1.19 100% |=========================| 13 MB 00:58 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: kernel ######################### [1/1] *** glibc detected *** /sbin/grubby: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xbfcbea00 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x17b)[0x1783ef] /sbin/grubby[0x804fd12] /sbin/grubby[0x804fe73] /sbin/grubby[0x8050c9e] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0x1267a4] /sbin/grubby[0x804a001] ======= Memory map: ======== 00111000-00234000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1175064 /lib/libc-2.3.90.so 00234000-00237000 r-xp 00122000 fd:00 1175064 /lib/libc-2.3.90.so 00237000-00238000 rwxp 00125000 fd:00 1175064 /lib/libc-2.3.90.so 00238000-0023b000 rwxp 00238000 00:00 0 00be0000-00bf9000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1175057 /lib/ld-2.3.90.so 00bf9000-00bfa000 r-xp 00018000 fd:00 1175057 /lib/ld-2.3.90.so 00bfa000-00bfb000 rwxp 00019000 fd:00 1175057 /lib/ld-2.3.90.so 00db4000-00db5000 r-xp 00db4000 00:00 0 [vdso] 00fd5000-00fe0000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1176839 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060219.so .1 00fe0000-00fe1000 rwxp 0000a000 fd:00 1176839 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060219.so .1 08048000-08089000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1795357 /sbin/grubby 08089000-0808c000 rw-p 00041000 fd:00 1795357 /sbin/grubby 0808c000-08094000 rw-p 0808c000 00:00 0 08437000-08493000 rw-p 08437000 00:00 0 [heap] b7fb3000-b7fb4000 rw-p b7fb3000 00:00 0 b7fbf000-b7fc0000 rw-p b7fbf000 00:00 0 bfcab000-bfcc0000 rw-p bfcab000 00:00 0 [stack] /sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 89: 4194 Aborted /sbin/grubby --add- kernel=$bootPrefix/$kernelName-$version $INITRD --copy-default $makedefault --ti tle "$title" ${mbkernel:+--add-multiboot="$mbkernel"} ${mbargs:+--mbargs="$mbarg s"} --args="root=$rootdevice $kernargs" --remove-kernel="TITLE=$title" Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.1977_FC5 Complete!
steps to reproduce should be: Steps to Reproduce: yum install kernel-2.6.15-1.1977_FC5
The above error means that glibc detected a bug in grubby.
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