package linux-image-3.19.0-37-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

[Jostein Haugen]

package linux-image-3.19.0-37-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.19.0-37-generic (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 1 17:24:52 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:linux-image-3.19.0-37-generic:(not installed):cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
ErrorMessage: cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-22 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10
SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid
Title: package linux-image-3.19.0-37-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-37-generic.dpkg-new': unexpected end of file or stream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue, but the failure could be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. Thanks in advance!

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