0009490: Since 12/22, gvmd contuously updating never finishes - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009490	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2026-01-09 18:47	2026-01-31 08:40

Reporter	backrow	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0009490: Since 12/22, gvmd contuously updating never finishes
Description	Since a Kali update on 12/22/25, the gvmd program on kali continuously updates, never finishing to allow a scan Log (attached) contains sql_exec_internal: PQexec failed: ERROR: schema "scap3" already exists (7)md manage:WARNING:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: sql_exec_internal: SQL: ALTER SCHEMA scap RENAME TO scap3; md manage:WARNING:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: sqlv: sql_exec_internal failed Following this there is a backtrace and update starts again. Please help!
Attached Files	ex.txt (2,262 bytes) manage: INFO:2026-01-09 18h36.19 utc:513849: Updating placeholder CPEs md manage:WARNING:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: sql_exec_internal: PQexec failed: ERROR: schema "scap3" already exists (7) md manage:WARNING:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: sql_exec_internal: SQL: ALTER SCHEMA scap RENAME TO scap3; md manage:WARNING:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: sqlv: sql_exec_internal failed md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x13e5b9) [0x556f442695b9] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x40590) [0x7f5687040590] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x9569c) [0x7f568709569c] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x12) [0x7f5687040462] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x22) [0x7f56870284ac] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x58a29) [0x556f44183a29] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x11b0be) [0x556f442460be] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x122d9f) [0x556f4424dd9f] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x125cf9) [0x556f44250cf9] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0xa3636) [0x556f441ce636] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x13f1fb) [0x556f4426a1fb] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x141cdf) [0x556f4426ccdf] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x29f68) [0x7f5687029f68] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7f568702a025] md main:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: BACKTRACE: gvmd: Syncing (+0x58a91) [0x556f44183a91] md manage:MESSAGE:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513849: Received Aborted signal md manage: INFO:2026-01-09 18h36.53 utc:513844: Assigning EPSS scores to VTs ex.txt (2,262 bytes)

backrow 2026-01-09 18:59 reporter ~0021216	Baremetal, 64GB mem, root+92G, var=234G, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v5 @ 3.00GHz

backrow 2026-01-30 21:04 reporter ~0021305	Feed never finishes updating. Please help!

kali-bugreport 2026-01-31 08:40 reporter ~0021306	https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/gvmd vs. https://github.com/greenbone/gvmd/releases/ maybe requires an update?

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-01-09 18:47	backrow	New Issue
2026-01-09 18:47	backrow	File Added: ex.txt
2026-01-09 18:59	backrow	Note Added: 0021216
2026-01-30 21:04	backrow	Note Added: 0021305
2026-01-31 08:40	kali-bugreport	Note Added: 0021306