Assertion (max_size > 0) failed while selecting partition

[asdqweasd]

The following commands lead to crash:
1. sudo parted
2. print
3. print devices
4. select /dev/sdb

All steps in the same order are required to reproduce the crash. However, it doesn't matter, which valid device to choose in step 4 (selecting /dev/sda also leads to crash).

Ubuntu 16.10
parted 3.2-15build1

Output from terminal:

$ sudo parted
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: ATA ST320LT012-1DG14 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
 1 1049kB 106MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
 2 106MB 1050MB 944MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
 3 1050MB 1184MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
 4 1184MB 199GB 198GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
 6 199GB 294GB 95,7GB ext4
 7 294GB 299GB 4176MB linux-swap(v1)
 5 299GB 320GB 21,5GB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag

(parted) print devices
/dev/sda (320GB)
/dev/sdb (8195MB)
(parted) select /dev/sdb
Backtrace has 14 calls on stack:
  14: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_assert+0x45) [0x7f3e9700de55]
  13: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_init+0xd0) [0x7f3e970149c0]
  12: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_new+0x56) [0x7f3e97014a76]
  11: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_constraint_exact+0xa8) [0x7f3e97015338]
  10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22cb7) [0x7f3e97025cb7]
  9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22d86) [0x7f3e97025d86]
  8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0xf88a) [0x7f3e9701288a]
  7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(ped_disk_delete_all+0x62) [0x7f3e97013442]
  6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.2(+0x22079) [0x7f3e97025079]
  5: parted(+0x6afb) [0x5612aa2d6afb]
  4: parted(interactive_mode+0x120) [0x5612aa2dd0b0]
  3: parted(main+0x142b) [0x5612aa2d61eb]
  2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf1) [0x7f3e967e93f1]
  1: parted(_start+0x2a) [0x5612aa2d624a]

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Assertion (max_size > 0) at ../../libparted/cs/constraint.c:71 in function
ped_constraint_init() failed.

Aborted (core dumped)

[asdqweasd (asdqweasd)]

$ sudo parted /dev/sda unit co print unit s print
Model: ATA ST320LT012-1DG14 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
 1 1049kB 106MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
 2 106MB 1050MB 944MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
 3 1050MB 1184MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
 4 1184MB 199GB 198GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
 6 199GB 294GB 95,7GB ext4
 7 294GB 299GB 4176MB linux-swap(v1)
 5 299GB 320GB 21,5GB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag

Model: ATA ST320LT012-1DG14 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 625142448s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
 1 2048s 206847s 204800s fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
 2 206848s 2050047s 1843200s ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
 3 2050048s 2312191s 262144s Microsoft reserved partition msftres
 4 2312192s 388197303s 385885112s ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
 6 388198400s 575021055s 186822656s ext4
 7 575021056s 583178239s 8157184s linux-swap(v1)
 5 583178240s 625141759s 41963520s ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag

[asdqweasd (asdqweasd)]

$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Contour (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 8195MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
 1 1049kB 8195MB 8194MB primary fat32 boot

Model: SanDisk Cruzer Contour (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 16006797s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
 1 2048s 16006796s 16004749s primary fat32 boot

[Thorsten Goetzke (th-goetzke)]

Ran into exactly the same thing.
parted is able to work with the disk, but you can not use the "select" command.
instead just specify the device at the commandline.