Several programs using fontconfig are crashing. This can be reproduced with fc-cache 'gdb --args /usr/bin/fc-cache-64 -f' yields #0 FT_Stream_ReadULong (stream=0x555555617450, error=0x7fffffffc7f0) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/base/ftstream.c:659 #1 0x00007ffff7cc6f13 in sfnt_open_font (stream=0x555555617450, face=<optimized out>, face_instance_index=<synthetic pointer>, woff2_num_faces=<synthetic pointer>) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/sfnt/sfobjs.c:384 #2 sfnt_init_face (stream=<optimized out>, face=<optimized out>, face_instance_index=0, num_params=<optimized out>, params=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/sfnt/sfobjs.c:562 #3 0x00007ffff7c9c7d1 in tt_face_init (stream=0x555555617450, ttface=0x5555555f0680, face_index=0, num_params=0, params=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/truetype/ttobjs.c:693 #4 0x00007ffff7c7c32d in open_face (driver=driver@entry=0x55555562c960, astream=astream@entry=0x7fffffffcb50, anexternal_stream=anexternal_stream@entry=0x7fffffffcb47 "", face_index=face_index@entry=0, num_params=0, params=0x0, aface=0x7fffffffcb48) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/base/ftobjs.c:1556 #5 0x00007ffff7c81a41 in ft_open_face_internal (library=0x5555555991b0, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffcd40, face_index=face_index@entry=0, aface=aface@entry=0x7fffffffce20, test_mac_fonts=test_mac_fonts@entry=1 '\001') at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/base/ftobjs.c:2648 #6 0x00007ffff7c825b2 in FT_New_Face (library=<optimized out>, pathname=pathname@entry=0x5555555f0490 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf", face_index=face_index@entry=0, aface=aface@entry=0x7fffffffce20) at /usr/src/debug/freetype-2.13.3-1.fc41.x86_64/src/base/ftobjs.c:1622 #7 0x00007ffff7f4817e in IA__FcFreeTypeQueryAll (file=file@entry=0x5555555f0490 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf", id=id@entry=4294967295, blanks=blanks@entry=0x0, count=count@entry=0x0, set=set@entry=0x555555560a60) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcfreetype.c:2343 #8 0x00007ffff7f48771 in FcFileScanFontConfig (set=0x555555560a60, file=0x5555555f0490 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf", config=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcdir.c:81 #9 FcFileScanConfig (set=set@entry=0x555555560a60, dirs=dirs@entry=0x555555572a10, file=0x5555555f0490 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf", config=config@entry=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcdir.c:159 #10 0x00007ffff7f48d0c in FcDirScanConfig (set=set@entry=0x555555560a60, dirs=dirs@entry=0x555555572a10, dir=dir@entry=0x5555555e5a00 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto", force=force@entry=1, config=config@entry=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcdir.c:274 #11 0x00007ffff7f48f76 in FcDirCacheScan (dir=0x5555555e5a00 "/usr/share/fonts/google-noto", config=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcdir.c:354 #12 0x00007ffff7f3fc12 in IA__FcDirCacheRead (dir=<optimized out>, force=<optimized out>, config=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fcdir.c:464 #13 FcConfigAddDirList (config=config@entry=0x555555560570, set=set@entry=FcSetSystem, dirSet=0x555555560680) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fccfg.c:509 #14 0x00007ffff7f3c9c7 in IA__FcConfigBuildFonts (config=config@entry=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fccfg.c:543 #15 0x00007ffff7f410c0 in IA__FcConfigSetCurrent (config=config@entry=0x555555560570) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/src/fccfg.c:564 #16 0x00005555555557a8 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7fffffffd3a8) at /usr/src/debug/fontconfig-2.15.0-8.fc41.x86_64/fc-cache/fc-cache.c:386 This is particularly nasty since it also affects kwin_wayland/SDDM, so booting into a graphical session is broken. It can be worked around by removing some font files sudo mv /usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf . sudo mv /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf . Reproducible: Always
It works for me. $ podman pull quay.io/fedora/fedora:41 Trying to pull quay.io/fedora/fedora:41... Getting image source signatures Copying blob a52c777f25d4 done | Copying config a432b057a5 done | Writing manifest to image destination a432b057a522737c229d2aac9b029f55bf2a44eb3f423e4e4ece2acb8a304652 $ podman run -ti --rm quay.io/fedora/fedora:41 [root@ced2e871c287 /]# dnf install fontconfig dejavu-sans-fonts google-noto-sans-fonts Updating and loading repositories: Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 100% | 2.4 KiB/s | 6.0 KiB | 00m02s Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 4.5 MiB/s | 9.2 MiB | 00m02s Fedora 41 - x86_64 100% | 13.3 MiB/s | 35.4 MiB | 00m03s Repositories loaded. Package Arch Version Repository Size Installing: dejavu-sans-fonts noarch 2.37-24.fc41 fedora 5.5 MiB fontconfig x86_64 2.15.0-8.fc41 fedora 791.9 KiB google-noto-sans-fonts noarch 20240701-2.fc41 fedora 42.5 MiB Installing dependencies: abattis-cantarell-vf-fonts noarch 0.301-13.fc41 fedora 192.7 KiB default-fonts-core-sans noarch 4.1-2.fc41 fedora 11.9 KiB fonts-filesystem noarch 1:2.0.5-17.fc41 fedora 0.0 B freetype x86_64 2.13.3-1.fc41 fedora 850.5 KiB google-noto-fonts-common noarch 20240701-2.fc41 fedora 17.5 KiB google-noto-sans-vf-fonts noarch 20240701-2.fc41 fedora 1.2 MiB graphite2 x86_64 1.3.14-16.fc41 fedora 192.0 KiB harfbuzz x86_64 9.0.0-3.fc41 fedora 2.6 MiB libpng x86_64 2:1.6.40-4.fc41 fedora 245.8 KiB xml-common noarch 0.6.3-65.fc41 fedora 78.4 KiB ... [root@ced2e871c287 /]# /usr/bin/fc-cache-64 -f [root@ced2e871c287 /]# /usr/bin/fc-cache-64 -fv Font directories: /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF /root/.local/share/fonts /usr/local/share/fonts /usr/share/fonts /root/.fonts /usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell-vf-fonts /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts /usr/share/fonts/google-noto /usr/share/fonts/google-noto-vf /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1: skipping, no such directory /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF: skipping, no such directory /root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 4 dirs /usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell-vf-fonts: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/google-noto: caching, new cache contents: 72 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/google-noto-vf: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs /root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory /usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell-vf-fonts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/google-noto: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/share/fonts/google-noto-vf: skipping, looped directory detected /usr/lib/fontconfig/cache: cleaning cache directory /root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory /root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory /usr/bin/fc-cache-64: succeeded Apparently fonts or something is broken on your box. [root@ced2e871c287 /]# sha256sum /usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf 62eb7024a800385d955bd2e7d87dba5e76523d4ba61924f05fa6d0423ac3e9ca /usr/share/fonts/google-noto/NotoSans-MediumItalic.ttf 8c8847ff58f7a635b23739c12861447ed7503c0dfedc577643c2b095ccda3056 /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf Is it the same for you? `rpm -Vv google-noto-sans-fonts` and `rpm -Vv dejavu-sans-fonts` may also helps to verify files in packages.
Indeed, somehow those two files got corrupted rpm -Vv dejavu-sans-fonts ......... c /etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf ......... c /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans-fonts.conf ......... /usr/share/doc/dejavu-sans-fonts ......... d /usr/share/doc/dejavu-sans-fonts/AUTHORS ......... d /usr/share/doc/dejavu-sans-fonts/BUGS ......... d /usr/share/doc/dejavu-sans-fonts/NEWS ......... d /usr/share/doc/dejavu-sans-fonts/README.md ......... /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf ......... /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans-fonts.conf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf ..?...... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf ......... /usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf ......... /usr/share/licenses/dejavu-sans-fonts ......... l /usr/share/licenses/dejavu-sans-fonts/LICENSE ......... /usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.dejavu-sans-fonts.metainfo.xml Most attempts to read them fail some way, e.g. ~ file DejaVuSans.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf: ERROR: cannot read `DejaVuSans.ttf' (Input/output error) After reinstalling the two packages fc-cache runs without errors
Alright. that's good then. I'll close this as NOTABUG.
Well, ideally a corrupted font file wouldn't crash fontconfig and by extension the whole system
Taking care of things can't basically happens makes no sense. In this case, there are no guarantees that other files isn't corrupted which might be important to get things done, because we don't know when/where/who/what/why/how they were corrupted. Plus, this isn't something fontconfig can take care of, because this crash happens in freetype.