Docker fails to build image with exit code 139

Question

I'm trying to build an image from CentOS 6.9. Using this Dockerfile:

FROM centos:6.9

RUN ls

But it keeps failing with exit code 139 with the following output:

$ docker build -t centos-6.9 .
[+] Building 1.1s (7/7) FINISHED
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                             0.0s 
 => => transferring dockerfile: 72B                                                                                                              0.0s 
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                0.0s 
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                                                  0.0s 
 => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/centos:6.9                                                                                    0.6s 
 => [internal] load build context                                                                                                                0.1s 
 => => transferring context: 72B                                                                                                                 0.0s 
 => CACHED [1/3] FROM docker.io/library/centos:6.9@sha256:6fff0a9edc920968351eb357c5b84016000fec6956e6d745f695e5a34f18ecd2                       0.0s 
 => [2/3] COPY . .                                                                                                                               0.0s 
 => ERROR [3/3] RUN ls                                                                                                                           0.3s 
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 > [3/3] RUN ls:
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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c ls]: exit code: 139

I'm running:

Windows 10 Enterprise Version 2004
Docker Desktop 3.0.0

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '20 at 18:49

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This appears to be an issue with WSL 2 with older base images, not docker or the image itself.

Create %userprofile%\.wslconfig file.
Add the following:

[wsl2]
kernelCommandLine = vsyscall=emulate

Restart WSL. wsl --shutdown
Restart Docker Desktop.

References:

answered Dec 23 '20 at 18:49

Yohanna

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I'm having the same issue with Hyper-V base. – wintercounter Oct 09 '21 at 08:04
Could you please specify where to place the file `.wslconfig`? – Alexis.Rolland May 08 '22 at 06:19
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@Alexis.Rolland In your home directory. If you press Wind + R keys, and put `%userprofile%` it'll open your home folder. – Yohanna May 21 '22 at 01:47

Docker fails to build image with exit code 139

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