package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu15 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[shankao]

Happened during today's system update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 23 10:19:48 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:initramfs-tools:0.103ubuntu15:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-25 (878 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu15 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-14 (39 days ago)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From Dmesg.txt:

[116224.931500] traps: dkms[5294] general protection ip:460481 sp:7ffc189d1e30 error:0 in bash[400000+f2000]
[116372.208447] mkinitramfs[8927]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f75ab1fdee4 sp 00007ffcc3c76ed0 error 4 in libc-2.21.so[7f75ab133000+1c0000]

From DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-15-generic
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-15-generic with 139.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This failure indicates a hardware fault and not a bug in the initramfs-tools package.