It segfaults during installation firefox package. Linux-4.9.13-hardened-x86_64-Intel sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.26.1 p1.0) 2.26.1 ccache version 3.3.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r3::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.13::gentoo, 3.4.6::gentoo, 3.5.3::gentoo dev-util/ccache: 3.3.4::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.7.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.22.4::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r3::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r2::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r2::gentoo, 1.13.4-r1::gentoo, 1.14.1-r1::gentoo, 1.15-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.26.1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 5.4.0-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.9::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r3::gentoo Reproducible: Always Actual Results: DMESG LOG: [15099.240677] xpcshell[1787]: segfault at 0 ip 00000342d5a93f01 sp 000003c3854ad570 error 6 in libxul.so[342d16a4000+5c56000] CONSOLE LOG: >>> Install firefox-51.0.1 into /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/image/ category www-client * PT_PAX marking -m /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/xpcshell with paxctl * PT_PAX marking -m /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/xpcshell with paxctl-ng * XATTR_PAX marking -m /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/xpcshell with paxctl-ng * Adding prefs from mozconfig to /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/browser/defaults/preferences/all-gentoo.js make -j7 DESTDIR=/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/image/ install make[1]: Entering directory '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/browser/installer' OMNIJAR_NAME=omni.ja \ NO_PKG_FILES="core bsdecho js js-config jscpucfg nsinstall viewer TestGtkEmbed elf-dynstr-gc mangle* maptsv* mfc* msdump* msmap* nm2tsv* nsinstall* res/samples res/throbber shlibsign* certutil* pk12util* BadCertServer* OCSPStaplingServer* GenerateOCSPResponse* chrome/chrome.rdf chrome/app-chrome.manifest chrome/overlayinfo components/compreg.dat components/xpti.dat content_unit_tests necko_unit_tests *.dSYM " \ /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/_virtualenv/bin/python /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py -DMOZ_APP_NAME=firefox -DPREF_DIR=defaults/preferences -DMOZ_GTK=1 -DMOZ_SYSTEM_NSPR=1 -DMOZ_SYSTEM_NSS=1 -DJAREXT= -DMOZ_CHILD_PROCESS_NAME=plugin-container -DNECKO_WIFI -DDLL_PREFIX=lib -DDLL_SUFFIX=.so -DBIN_SUFFIX= -DDIR_MACOS= -DDIR_RESOURCES= -DBINPATH=bin -DRESPATH=bin -DLPROJ_ROOT=en -DMOZ_ICU_VERSION=56 -DMOZ_SYSTEM_ICU -DMOZ_ICU_DBG_SUFFIX= -DICU_DATA_FILE=icudt56l.dat -DA11Y_LOG=1 -DACCESSIBILITY=1 -DATK_MAJOR_VERSION=2 -DATK_MINOR_VERSION=22 -DATK_REV_VERSION=0 -DBUILD_CTYPES=1 -DCROSS_COMPILE='' -DD_INO=d_ino -DENABLE_INTL_API=1 -DENABLE_MARIONETTE=1 -DENABLE_SYSTEM_EXTENSION_DIRS=1 -DEXPOSE_INTL_API=1 -DFIREFOX_VERSION=51.0.1 -DFORCE_PR_LOG=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_26 -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_26 -DGL_PROVIDER_GLX=1 -DHAVE_64BIT_BUILD=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 -DHAVE_BYTESWAP_H=1 -DHAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC=1 -DHAVE_CPUID_H=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DHAVE_DLADDR=1 -DHAVE_DLOPEN=1 -DHAVE_FONTCONFIG_FCFREETYPE_H=1 -DHAVE_FT_BITMAP_SIZE_Y_PPEM=1 -DHAVE_FT_GLYPHSLOT_EMBOLDEN=1 -DHAVE_FT_LOAD_SFNT_TABLE=1 -DHAVE_GETOPT_H=1 -DHAVE_GMTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_I18N_LC_MESSAGES=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET=1 -DHAVE_LCHOWN=1 -DHAVE_LIBPNG=1 -DHAVE_LIBVPX=1 -DHAVE_LIBXSS=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_IF_ADDR_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_QUOTA_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_RTNETLINK_H=1 -DHAVE_LOCALECONV=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT64=1 -DHAVE_MALLINFO=1 -DHAVE_MALLOC_H=1 -DHAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE=1 -DHAVE_MEMALIGN=1 -DHAVE_MEMMEM=1 -DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H=1 -DHAVE_NL_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_FADVISE=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE=1 -DHAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN=1 -DHAVE_PTHREAD_H=1 -DHAVE_RES_NINIT=1 -DHAVE_SETPRIORITY=1 -DHAVE_STAT64=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_STRNDUP=1 -DHAVE_SYSCALL=1 -DHAVE_SYS_QUEUE_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_QUOTA_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_THREAD_TLS_KEYWORD=1 -DHAVE_TRUNCATE64=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_VALLOC=1 -DHAVE_VA_COPY=1 -DHAVE_VA_LIST_AS_ARRAY=1 -DHAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE_VISIBILITY_HIDDEN_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE__UNWIND_BACKTRACE=1 -DHAVE___CXA_DEMANGLE=1 -DJS_DEFAULT_JITREPORT_GRANULARITY=3 -DMALLOC_H='<malloc.h>' -DMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST_PTR='' -DMOZILLA_UAVERSION='"51.0"' -DMOZILLA_VERSION='"51.0.1"' -DMOZILLA_VERSION_U=51.0.1 -DMOZ_ACCESSIBILITY_ATK=1 -DMOZ_ADDON_SIGNING=1 -DMOZ_APP_UA_NAME='""' -DMOZ_APP_UA_VERSION='"51.0.1"' -DMOZ_B2G_OS_NAME='""' -DMOZ_B2G_VERSION='"1.0.0"' -DMOZ_BUILD_APP=browser -DMOZ_BUNDLED_FONTS=1 -DMOZ_CRASHREPORTER_ENABLE_PERCENT=100 -DMOZ_DATA_REPORTING=1 -DMOZ_DEFAULT_MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME='"/usr/lib64/firefox"' -DMOZ_DISTRIBUTION_ID='"org.mozilla"' -DMOZ_DLL_SUFFIX='".so"' -DMOZ_ENABLE_DBUS=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_GIO=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_PROFILER_SPS=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_SIGNMAR=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_SKIA=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_XREMOTE=1 -DMOZ_FEEDS=1 -DMOZ_FFMPEG=1 -DMOZ_FFVPX=1 -DMOZ_FMP4=1 -DMOZ_GAMEPAD=1 -DMOZ_GLUE_IN_PROGRAM=1 -DMOZ_GMP_SANDBOX=1 -DMOZ_INSTRUMENT_EVENT_LOOP=1 -DMOZ_JACK=1 -DMOZ_JEMALLOC4=1 -DMOZ_JSDOWNLOADS=1 -DMOZ_LIBAV_FFT=1 -DMOZ_LOGGING=1 -DMOZ_MACBUNDLE_ID=org.mozilla.firefox -DMOZ_MEMORY=1 -DMOZ_OFFICIAL_BRANDING=1 -DMOZ_PEERCONNECTION=1 -DMOZ_PERMISSIONS=1 -DMOZ_PHOENIX=1 -DMOZ_PLACES=1 -DMOZ_RAW=1 -DMOZ_REPLACE_MALLOC=1 -DMOZ_SAMPLE_TYPE_FLOAT32=1 -DMOZ_SANDBOX=1 -DMOZ_SCTP=1 -DMOZ_SECUREELEMENT=1 -DMOZ_SERVICES_HEALTHREPORT=1 -DMOZ_SRTP=1 -DMOZ_STACKWALKING=1 -DMOZ_STATIC_JS=1 -DMOZ_SYSTEM_SQLITE=1 -DMOZ_TREE_CAIRO=1 -DMOZ_TREE_PIXMAN=1 -DMOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL=default -DMOZ_USER_DIR='".mozilla"' -DMOZ_VORBIS=1 -DMOZ_VPX_ERROR_CONCEALMENT=1 -DMOZ_VPX_NO_MEM_REPORTING=1 -DMOZ_WEBGL_CONFORMANT=1 -DMOZ_WEBM_ENCODER=1 -DMOZ_WEBRTC=1 -DMOZ_WEBRTC_ASSERT_ALWAYS=1 -DMOZ_WEBRTC_SIGNALING=1 -DMOZ_WEBSPEECH=1 -DMOZ_WEBSPEECH_TEST_BACKEND=1 -DMOZ_WIDGET_GTK=2 -DMOZ_X11=1 -DMOZ_XUL=1 -DNO_NSPR_10_SUPPORT=1 -DNS_PRINTING=1 -DNS_PRINT_PREVIEW=1 -DRELEASE_BUILD=1 -DSPIDERMONKEY_PROMISE=1 -DSTATIC_JS_API=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DTARGET_XPCOM_ABI='"x86_64-gcc3"' -DUSE_SKIA=1 -DUSE_SKIA_GPU=1 -DVA_COPY=va_copy -DXP_LINUX=1 -DXP_UNIX=1 -D_REENTRANT=1 -DAB_CD=en-US \ --format omni \ --removals /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/browser/installer/removed-files.in \ --ignore-errors \ \ \ \ --optimizejars \ \ \ /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/browser/installer/package-manifest.in ../../dist ../../dist/firefox \ Executing /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/xpcshell -g /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/ -a /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/dist/bin/ -f /var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/precompile_cache.js -e precompile_startupcache("resource://gre/"); Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 415, in <module> main() File "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 409, in main args.source, gre_path, base) File "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.py", line 166, in precompile_cache errors.fatal('Error while running startup cache precompilation') File "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 103, in fatal self._handle(self.FATAL, msg) File "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/python/mozbuild/mozpack/errors.py", line 98, in _handle raise ErrorMessage(msg) mozpack.errors.ErrorMessage: Error: Error while running startup cache precompilation make[1]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk:41: stage-package] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/ff/browser/installer' make: *** [/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-51.0.1/work/firefox-51.0.1/browser/build.mk:21: install] Error 2 * ERROR: www-client/firefox-51.0.1::gentoo failed (install phase): * emake failed
Rebuild the kernel and have CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS set FIXED my issue.