#1126724 sleuthkit: Segmentation fault in libbfio_file_is_open () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbfio.so.1

Package:
sleuthkit
Source:
sleuthkit
Description:
tools for forensics analysis on volume and filesystem data
Submitter:
Patrick Neumann
Date:
2026-01-31 18:18:11 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1126724#5
Date:
2026-01-31 18:11:29 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
     I installed sleuthkit to investigate some EWF_E01 images.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     I tried to run mmstat, mmls, ... on an EWF_E01 image, per example:
     mmstat image.E01

   * What was the outcome of this action?
     gpt
     Segmentation fault
     Some of my own scripts stoped working because of the SEGV.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
     gpt
     with an exit code of 0

     Running mmstat via gdb leads to a problem with /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbfio.so.1.

     The newer version from testing does not fix the problem.

     Compiling the latest release from source fixed the problem.
     But I think it would be better to have a package without the bug.