0009846: Stuck in Grub Rescue, missing grub_memcpy, following Kali Purple update

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009846	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2026-09-01 07:39	2026-10-05 09:24

Reporter	chuckleton	Assigned To	daniruiz
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required

Summary	0009846: Stuck in Grub Rescue, missing grub_memcpy, following Kali Purple update
Description	Using a recent thinkpad with EUFI, while in Kali Purple (only OS on system, no dual boot), completed update via command line which worked fine, so I rebooted. Reboot failed, with following error- "error: symbol 'grub_memcpy' not found." "Grub Rescue>" Now stuck in Grub Rescue. Have attempted to install and update grub via live USB, failed. Have attempted to install latest iso via USB, didn't work. Have attempted to install previous working iso via USB, didn't work. both attempts at reinstalling from USB went through the whole process normally, however failed again on reboot. Have attempted fixes listed from previous grub problems, which also haven't worked. Have attempted fixes via Grub Rescue and Grub commands, haven't worked. Let me know if you need more info.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-09-01 07:39	chuckleton	New Issue
2026-10-05 09:24	daniruiz	Note Added: 0022050
2026-10-05 09:24	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> daniruiz
2026-10-05 09:24	daniruiz	Status	new => closed
2026-10-05 09:24	daniruiz	Resolution	open => no change required

daniruiz 2026-10-05 09:24 administrator ~0022050	Thank you for your interest in Kali but this is not a bug report. It looks like that you need help and guidance to perform some task. We have community support forums on https://forums.kali.org/, Discord chat at https://discord.kali.org/, and IRC with the #kali-linux channel on irc.oftc.net), please post your questions there.