Segmentation Fault on latest x86_64 Ubuntu 24.04 image (I KNOW)

[lattwood]

When using QEMU to emulate ARM on an x86_64 system, a segmentation fault occurs. Although it isn’t immediately clear why this issue is being categorized as a partner-runner-images problem, I am filing it here based on community guidance and previous reports.

Multiple people have tried opened issues on actions/runner-images, as that is where the runner image in use comes from-

• Segment fault with Ubuntu 24.04 20250120.5.0 runner-images#11471
• gcc segfaults when compiling mqmgateway for arm64 under qemu runner-images#11557
• Ubuntu 24.04: Build using Docker/QEMU fails for Build-Target Linux/ARM64 runner-images#11561
• Docker build fails due to segmentation fault after GitHub runner update (Ubuntu 24.04, QEMU issue?) runner-images#11589

but the issues were closed and they were told to come here.

While this approach may seem counterintuitive (much like troubleshooting a recurring connection issue by restarting your router) it is intended to ensure that the problem receives the correct level of attention. I hope that by documenting this behaviour in accordance with the recommendations from the actions/runner-images contributors, the underlying cause can be thoroughly investigated.

[alexanderkiel]

This breaks my build. Also doesn't work in ubuntu-22.04 version 20250209.1.0. Did last work in ubuntu-24.04 version 20250202.1.0. Current seqfault occurs during apt-get upgrade inside eclipse-temurin:21.0.6_7-jre-jammy.

#10 44.04 Preparing to unpack .../libc-bin_2.35-0ubuntu3.9_arm64.deb ...
#10 44.05 Unpacking libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.9) over (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ...
#10 44.30 Setting up libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.9) ...
#10 44.43 qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped
#10 44.78 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#10 44.84 qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped
#10 45.20 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#10 45.21 dpkg: error processing package libc-bin (--configure):
#10 45.21  installed libc-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 139
#10 45.22 Errors were encountered while processing:
#10 45.22  libc-bin
#10 45.35 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[alexanderkiel]

Updating to eclipse-temurin:21.0.6_7-jre-noble, which itself is an ubuntu-24.04 solved the issue for me. With that base image, I can run the apt-get upgrade shown above. All that in the runner-image ubuntu-24.04 version 20250209.1.0.

[krzyzakp]

Have same issue, using the 22.04 - jammy.

[henkhofs]

For me the issue was fixed by adding a specific qemu version to the setup-qemu action in my docker build and push composite action:

   - name: Set up QEMU
      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
      with:
        image: tonistiigi/binfmt:qemu-v7.0.0-28

[jasonrandrews]

Closing this as it is not about the Arm partner runner images. Good to know that qemu can emulate Arm better on x86 with the version info.

[dafcioo]

Since all related issue reports have been closed, I would like to ask for clarification on the actual fix. Could you provide a straightforward explanation here? Specifically, which x86 runner image version is expected to work correctly for Build-Target Linux/ARM64?

No longer relevant since actions/runner-images#11662 has been opened.

[krzyzakp]

@henkhofs Tried also that version as saw it should fix it. But it doesn't fix it for me. Even with such version getting error.