fsck fails in Pass 2 and exits with signal 7 on RHEL5.4

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Issue

  • e2fsck fails always at the same file in Pass 2

    $ fsck -y /dev/vg_store/lg_store  
    fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) 
    e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006) 
    STORE contains a file system with errors, check forced. 
    Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes 
    Pass 2: Checking directory structure 
    Entry 'redo.log' in Warning... fsck.ext3 for device /dev/vg_store/lg_store exited with signal 7. 
    
  • The following message appears in the kernel log:

    kernel: fsck.ext3[7469] trap stack segment rip:463ba2 rsp:7fff4188d060 error:0 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-23

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