Temporary Login Node Instability on Ascend

We are currently experiencing temporary instability on the Ascend login nodes.

Rolling Reboot for Security Fix

A rolling reboot is in progress to address CVE-2026-23111 for all clusters, including Ascend, Cardinal, and Pitzer.

cuda-gdb segmentation fault on startup

Category: 
Owens
Pitzer
Software
Resolution: 
Resolved

The CUDA debugger, cuda-gdb, can raise a segmentation fault immediately upon execution.  A workaround before executing cuda-gdb is to unload the xalt module, e.g.: 

module unload xalt

This issue affects most cuda modules on Pitzer and Owens.