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Reassigning to the kernel since rsync should never be able to crash the system and if it crashes it's usually the kernel or bad hardware that's responsible. ** Package changed: rsync (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778932 Title: rsync can trigger system crash Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm not sure how much of this is rsync or something else in my system. I can reliably trigger this using rsync to transfer files from one drive to another drive on my computer. the source is ssd and destination is mdadm raid 1 partition. will attach syslog messages. after it is triggered, the the system becomes unresponsive and requires a hard reboot. running rysnc as user, no special privileges. root@music:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 apt-cache policy rsync rsync: Installed: 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status uname -a Linux music 4.15.0-23-lowlatency #25-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Wed May 23 20:39:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: rsync 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-lowlatency 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 27 10:08:36 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-31 (87 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180327) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: rsync UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1778932/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp