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bug #47978: grub2 crashes very often on user interaction

Submitted by:  Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb>
Submitted on:  Sun 22 May 2016 04:11:43 PM UTC  
 
Category: BootingSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Software Error
Status: NonePrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: Elmar Stellnberger
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: otherReproducibility: Intermittent
Planned Release: None

Sun 22 May 2016 04:12:51 PM UTC, comment #1:

I have now tried it with a git checkout from grub beta3 (commit:
b524fa27f56381bb0efa4944e36f50265113aee5) and the problem seems to have been resolved in the meantime. I can press keys as fast and as often as I want or even keep them pressed; Grub will not crash. I would highly recommend for any distribution which is still using beta2 to upgrade as soon as possible.

Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb>
Sun 22 May 2016 04:11:43 PM UTC, original submission:

Package: grub
Version: 1:2.02.beta2

I am using Grub2 to boot most of my Linux installations. However whenever I do too much of editing to existing Grub config file entries at boot time Grub2 will crash. This happens especially often when I type the same keystroke multiple times in sequence or when I type very rapidly. It then hangs and a reboot is required. I am experiencing the same issue with different hardware; i.e. different computers; laptops
and desktops using BIOS.
This could be a security issue similar to another one which has already been fixed for typing the delete key multiple times (as far as I remember). Nonetheless the issue is very annoying when you have large boot menus to navigate in or when you need to experiment with different setups.

Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb>

 

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