as crashed with SIGSEGV while installing virtualbox guest additions

[Johan Vervloet]

Binary package hint: binutils

I am running ubuntu natty on virtualbox 4.0.4, which runs on a fedora guest. I tried to install the virtualbox guest additions. The autorun script generated this crash.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: binutils 2.21.0.20110327-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 5 13:25:40 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/as
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
ProcCmdline: as -Qy --64 -o /tmp/ccRZTJYu.o /tmp/ccMMr9xx.s
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4104c3: cmp %r14,0x10(%r12)
 PC (0x004104c3) ok
 source "%r14" ok
 destination "0x10(%r12)" (0x357c57a04cc2a06d) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: binutils
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Title: as crashed with SIGSEGV
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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[Matthias Klose (doko)]

is this still an issue with newer releases?

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