I've collected the instructions that are around the failures and it is suspicious for lbzx / lvx / ld All failures are around those: Impish ubuntu@i-systemdtest:/var/crash$ for i in */CoreDump; do p=$(dirname $i | tr -d '.0123456789' | tr '_' '/' ); gdb $p $i -q -ex "x/-10i \$pc" -ex "x/3i \$pc" -ex "q"; done Reading symbols from /usr/bin/chgrp... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/27/193823a3e38fa68e68ecfcb8bd98b2cb41d617.debug... [New LWP 855] Core was generated by `/bin/chgrp adm /var/log/dmesg '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000e0cb28f5190 in quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer=buffer@entry=0xe0cb2920130 "'", buffersize=buffersize@entry=256, arg=arg@entry=0x606513d00c0e0000 , argsize=argsize@entry=18446744073709551615, quoting_style=shell_always_quoting_style, flags=flags@entry=1, quote_these_too=quote_these_too@entry=0x7fffd194aca0, left_quote=, right_quote=) at lib/quotearg.c:400 400 lib/quotearg.c: No such file or directory. 0xe0cb28f5168 : cmpdi r28,0 0xe0cb28f516c : cmpdi cr3,r22,-1 0xe0cb28f5170 : addi r9,r31,1 0xe0cb28f5174 : addi r29,r29,1 0xe0cb28f5178 : cmpld cr7,r9,r16 0xe0cb28f517c : addi r31,r9,1 0xe0cb28f5180 : blt cr7,0xe0cb28f51b0 0xe0cb28f5184 : bne 0xe0cb28f4eb0 0xe0cb28f5188 : li r24,0 0xe0cb28f518c : bne cr3,0xe0cb28f4eb4 => 0xe0cb28f5190 : lbzx r30,r23,r29 0xe0cb28f5194 : cntlzw r30,r30 0xe0cb28f5198 : rlwinm r30,r30,27,5,31 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/chmod... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/4d/106a49cb4c9f6f8f4ab6db8ce5930efdec021e.debug... warning: Can't open file /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libc-2.31.so during file-backed mapping note processing warning: Can't open file /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/ld-2.31.so during file-backed mapping note processing [New LWP 2300] Core was generated by `chmod 0711 /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000147684c5050 in ?? () No line number information available for address 0x147684c504f => 0x147684c5050: lbzx r30,r24,r29 0x147684c5054: cntlzw r30,r30 0x147684c5058: rlwinm r30,r30,27,5,31 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/find... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/3c/c37af50368782eb631f8c451e0830803c5e669.debug... [New LWP 3876] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `find /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available -newermt now-7 days '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 __strlen_power9 () at ../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strlen.S:44 44 ../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/power9/strlen.S: No such file or directory. No line number information available for address 0x7b70090875bf 0x7b70090875c0 <__strlen_power9>: vspltisb v18,0 0x7b70090875c4 <__strlen_power9+4>: vspltisb v19,-1 0x7b70090875c8 <__strlen_power9+8>: neg r5,r3 0x7b70090875cc <__strlen_power9+12>: clrldi r9,r5,60 => 0x7b70090875d0 <__strlen_power9+16>: lvx v0,0,r3 0x7b70090875d4 <__strlen_power9+20>: lvsr v1,0,r3 0x7b70090875d8 <__strlen_power9+24>: vperm v0,v19,v0,v1 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/rm... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/57/6e94c66b0b81cf99c708ab49e3db8e9f32c036.debug... [New LWP 3942] Core was generated by `rm -f /var/lib/update-notifier/tmp.2y4Fd9GVp5 '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000798b9f361d0 in quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer=buffer@entry=0x798b9f60130 "'", buffersize=buffersize@entry=256, arg=arg@entry=0x800369e198070000 , argsize=argsize@entry=18446744073709551615, quoting_style=shell_always_quoting_style, flags=flags@entry=1, quote_these_too=quote_these_too@entry=0x7fffcf48d7c0, left_quote=, right_quote=) at lib/quotearg.c:400 400 lib/quotearg.c: No such file or directory. 0x798b9f361a8 : cmpdi r28,0 0x798b9f361ac : cmpdi cr3,r22,-1 0x798b9f361b0 : addi r9,r31,1 0x798b9f361b4 : addi r29,r29,1 0x798b9f361b8 : cmpld cr7,r9,r16 0x798b9f361bc : addi r31,r9,1 0x798b9f361c0 : blt cr7,0x798b9f361f0 0x798b9f361c4 : bne 0x798b9f35ef0 0x798b9f361c8 : li r24,0 0x798b9f361cc : bne cr3,0x798b9f35ef4 => 0x798b9f361d0 : lbzx r30,r23,r29 0x798b9f361d4 : cntlzw r30,r30 0x798b9f361d8 : rlwinm r30,r30,27,5,31 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/rm... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/57/6e94c66b0b81cf99c708ab49e3db8e9f32c036.debug... [New LWP 4024] Core was generated by `rm /foo '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x000007d8753761d0 in quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer=buffer@entry=0x7d8753a0130 "'", buffersize=buffersize@entry=256, arg=arg@entry=0x80410981d8070000 , argsize=argsize@entry=18446744073709551615, quoting_style=shell_always_quoting_style, flags=flags@entry=1, quote_these_too=quote_these_too@entry=0x7fffef260f50, left_quote=, right_quote=) at lib/quotearg.c:400 400 lib/quotearg.c: No such file or directory. 0x7d8753761a8 : cmpdi r28,0 0x7d8753761ac : cmpdi cr3,r22,-1 0x7d8753761b0 : addi r9,r31,1 0x7d8753761b4 : addi r29,r29,1 0x7d8753761b8 : cmpld cr7,r9,r16 0x7d8753761bc : addi r31,r9,1 0x7d8753761c0 : blt cr7,0x7d8753761f0 0x7d8753761c4 : bne 0x7d875375ef0 0x7d8753761c8 : li r24,0 0x7d8753761cc : bne cr3,0x7d875375ef4 => 0x7d8753761d0 : lbzx r30,r23,r29 0x7d8753761d4 : cntlzw r30,r30 0x7d8753761d8 : rlwinm r30,r30,27,5,31 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/rm... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/57/6e94c66b0b81cf99c708ab49e3db8e9f32c036.debug... [New LWP 906] Core was generated by `rm -rf /tmp/pollinate.tzqlorZOCM3X '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 last_component (name=0x804170e3450d0000 ) at lib/basename-lgpl.c:36 36 lib/basename-lgpl.c: No such file or directory. No line number information available for address 0xd45ade2549f => 0xd45ade254a0 : lbz r9,0(r3) 0xd45ade254a4 : cmplwi r9,47 0xd45ade254a8 : bne 0xd45ade254bc Focal $ for i in */CoreDump; do p=$(dirname $i | tr -d '.0123456789' | tr '_' '/' ); gdb $p $i -q -ex "x/-10i \$pc" -ex "x/3i \$pc" -ex "q"; done Reading symbols from /usr/bin/find... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/67/c0d4df7aff2f7c3113a270e0839de23b1942ff.debug... [New LWP 997] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `find /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available -newermt now-7 days '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 __strlen_power8 () at ../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power8/strlen.S:36 36 ../sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power8/strlen.S: No such file or directory. No line number information available for address 0x7e0f566e1cdf 0x7e0f566e1ce0 <__strlen_power8>: dcbt 0,r3 0x7e0f566e1ce4 <__strlen_power8+4>: rldicr r4,r3,0,60 0x7e0f566e1ce8 <__strlen_power8+8>: rlwinm r6,r3,3,26,28 0x7e0f566e1cec <__strlen_power8+12>: li r0,0 0x7e0f566e1cf0 <__strlen_power8+16>: li r5,-1 => 0x7e0f566e1cf4 <__strlen_power8+20>: ld r12,0(r4) 0x7e0f566e1cf8 <__strlen_power8+24>: sld r5,r5,r6 0x7e0f566e1cfc <__strlen_power8+28>: orc r9,r12,r5 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/rm... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/52/ef9ac8e7ffd3c14fe97d9efcd463c65318d6d7.debug... [New LWP 1107] Core was generated by `rm -f /var/lib/update-notifier/tmp.7RITiEiwnq '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000727ed5063b0 in quotearg_buffer_restyled (buffer=buffer@entry=0x727ed530130 "'", buffersize=buffersize@entry=256, arg=arg@entry=0x800314f727070000 , argsize=argsize@entry=18446744073709551615, quoting_style=shell_always_quoting_style, flags=flags@entry=1, quote_these_too=quote_these_too@entry=0x7fffdbb42770, left_quote=0x0, right_quote=0x0) at lib/quotearg.c:400 400 lib/quotearg.c: No such file or directory. 0x727ed506388 : addi r9,r31,1 0x727ed50638c : addi r29,r29,1 0x727ed506390 : addi r31,r31,2 0x727ed506394 : cmpld cr7,r9,r27 0x727ed506398 : blt cr7,0x727ed506440 0x727ed50639c : bne 0x727ed506448 0x727ed5063a0 : cmpdi r22,-1 0x727ed5063a4 : li r9,0 0x727ed5063a8 : std r9,112(r1) 0x727ed5063ac : bne 0x727ed5060c4 => 0x727ed5063b0 : lbzx r30,r24,r29 0x727ed5063b4 : cntlzw r30,r30 0x727ed5063b8 : rlwinm r30,r30,27,5,31 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/rm... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/52/ef9ac8e7ffd3c14fe97d9efcd463c65318d6d7.debug... [New LWP 838] Core was generated by `rm -rf /tmp/pollinate.8UMuSzjLatRW '. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 last_component (name=0x8041f076230e0000 ) at lib/basename-lgpl.c:36 36 lib/basename-lgpl.c: No such file or directory. No line number information available for address 0xe234bc956df => 0xe234bc956e0 : lbz r9,0(r3) 0xe234bc956e4 : cmplwi r9,47 0xe234bc956e8 : bne 0xe234bc956fc