It seems like a kernel thing. brk is returning bad addresses. Below, tail is an unaffected process, and xsltproc is affected. brk should be returning a 7 digit hex address, like it does for tail.
$ head -2 *.strace ==> tail.strace <== execve("/usr/bin/tail", ["tail", "xsltproc.strace"], [/* 33 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x98a2000 ==> xsltproc.strace <== execve("/usr/bin/xsltproc", ["/usr/bin/xsltproc", "--nonet", "-o", "default/docs-xml/manpages/smb.co"..., "/home/ubuntu/autobuild/b22271/sa"..., "default/docs-xml/manpages/smb.co"...], [/* 33 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0xb84f1000 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1471029 Title: ELF programs with R_386_RELATIVE blocks are badly mapped into memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1471029/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs