[Bug 1905579] [NEW] parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal

[Marcus Furlong]

Public bug reported:

parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal

root at ubuntu-focal:~# parted /dev/sda resizepart 1 100%
Warning: Partition /dev/sda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
Yes/No? yes
End?  [42.9GB]?
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted (core dumped)

Discussion: https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-
parted at gnu.org/msg04962.html

Fix:
https://github.com/bcl/parted/commit/883813c365482d06d05a1998e066792c48156f23

** Affects: parted (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- Parted crashed with invalid pointer on resizepart:
+ parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart:
  
  root at ubuntu-focal:~# parted /dev/sda resizepart 1 100%
  Warning: Partition /dev/sda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
  Yes/No? yes
  End?  [42.9GB]?
  free(): invalid pointer
  Aborted (core dumped)
  
  Discussion: https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-
  parted at gnu.org/msg04962.html
  
  Fix:
  https://github.com/bcl/parted/commit/883813c365482d06d05a1998e066792c48156f23

** Description changed:

- parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart:
+ parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal
  
  root at ubuntu-focal:~# parted /dev/sda resizepart 1 100%
  Warning: Partition /dev/sda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
  Yes/No? yes
  End?  [42.9GB]?
  free(): invalid pointer
  Aborted (core dumped)
  
  Discussion: https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-
  parted at gnu.org/msg04962.html
  
  Fix:
  https://github.com/bcl/parted/commit/883813c365482d06d05a1998e066792c48156f23

** Summary changed:

- parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart
+ parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal\

** Summary changed:

- parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal\
+ parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal

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Title:
  parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal

Status in parted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  parted crashes with invalid pointer on resizepart on focal

  root at ubuntu-focal:~# parted /dev/sda resizepart 1 100%
  Warning: Partition /dev/sda1 is being used. Are you sure you want to continue?
  Yes/No? yes
  End?  [42.9GB]?
  free(): invalid pointer
  Aborted (core dumped)

  Discussion: https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-
  parted at gnu.org/msg04962.html

  Fix:
  https://github.com/bcl/parted/commit/883813c365482d06d05a1998e066792c48156f23

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