depmod fills disk to 100% with modules.ccwmap

[beetlebolt]

I'm running 12.04.3
Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
When I used the Update Manager gui today it quickly filled my hdd to 100%.
The culpret appeared to be /lib/modules/3.8.0-33-generic/modules.ccwmap
It had become 35G.
I have since deleted the file and apt-get purged pkgs related to that kernel.
I think this bug is similar to https://launchpad.net/bugs/1232473
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.8.0-33-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: cat 2156 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfae78000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP79/7A HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0662,19daa108,00100101 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
   Controls : 49
   Simple ctrls : 21
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b3e300ce-b546-4f5e-ac92-6082c593a897
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04d9:a04f Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic root=UUID=b2fa8a3b-209c-480d-b430-4bbcdea87cea ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-33-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.8
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 07/20/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd07/20/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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[Peter Schüller (schueller-p)]

I had the same problem just now on a 12.04 while upgrading the kernel:

The file /lib/modules/3.2.0-64-generic/modules.ccwmap grows until the disk is full.

I ran the upgrade from upgrademanager.

Killing depmod makes it run again, killing it again makes the upgrade finish, I doubt though that the kernel will work.

[Peter Schüller (schueller-p)]

It turns out removing the linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic package (this also requires to remove linux-image-generic) afterwards gave an error message and my /vmlinuz file was gone.

Marking the linux-image-3.2.0-63-generic for reinstall in synaptic and reinstalling it recreated the files and terminated without errors.

Installing linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic afterwards (second attempt) terminated without filling the disk and without errors except for the following thing which I cannot make sense of, it seems to be contradictory:

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Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.2.0-64-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-64-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-64-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-64-generic

: Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-64-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-64-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-64-generic
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