package libc6 2.23-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Bus error), core dumped

Bug #1859870 reported by Randy Silbaugh
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Bug Description

upgrading to 18.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libc6 2.23-0ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-171.200-generic 4.4.203
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-171-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 15 12:06:25 2020
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu11
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libc6:2.23-0ubuntu11
 Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Bus error), core dumped
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Bus error), core dumped
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-27 (1082 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package libc6 2.23-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Bus error), core dumped
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2020-01-15 (0 days ago)

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Randy Silbaugh (captainrandal) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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hackeron (hackeron) wrote :

Same problem here, any solution or workaround?

root@TimeBox-fda381d10fc57bfd8b1b:~# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libc-bin libc6
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc-bin
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 102 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/3464 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3718 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Bus error (core dumped)
(Reading database ... 82500 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Bus error), core dumped
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@TimeBox-fda381d10fc57bfd8b1b:~#

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