Public bug reported: What you expected to happen: I expected a sucessfull filesystem check of the fat32-partition.
What happened instead: This: $ sudo gparted ====================== libparted : 2.3 ====================== *** Error in `/usr/sbin/gpartedbin': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000001129ea0 *** Aborted (core dumped) -- I started the application, chose the partition I wanted to check for errors and then started the check - and this happens, every time. --- More info $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 $ apt-cache policy gparted gparted: Installed: 0.18.0-1 Candidate: 0.18.0-1 Version table: *** 0.18.0-1 0 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: gparted libparted ** Summary changed: - Memory corruption when runnning fs-check on a fat32-formatted thumbdrive + Memory corruption when runnning fs-check on a fat32-formatted partition ** Tags added: libparted -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361594 Title: Memory corruption when runnning fs-check on a fat32-formatted partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1361594/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs