pxgsettings crashed with SIGSEGV in main()

Bug #1182043 reported by Lockal
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libproxy
Unknown
Unknown
libproxy (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

After recent upgrade pxgsettings crashes after system startup.

Not sure how to reproduce, but the stack trace may indicate in which circumstances it crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 0.4.11-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.6-generic 3.9.2
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.10.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon May 20 20:26:33 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy/0.4.7/pxgsettings
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-05 (469 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy/0.4.7/pxgsettings org.gnome.system.proxy org.gnome.system.proxy.http org.gnome.system.proxy.https org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp org.gnome.system.proxy.socks
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4014fa: cmpq $0x50,(%rax)
 PC (0x004014fa) ok
 source "$0x50" ok
 destination "(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: libproxy
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main (main=0x4012b0, argc=6, ubp_av=0x7fffda68cb48, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffda68cb38) at libc-start.c:260
 _start ()
Title: pxgsettings crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-19 (1 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Lockal (lockal) wrote :
information type: Private → Public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libproxy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop: main (argc=6, argv=0x7fffda68cb48) at /build/buildd/libproxy-0.4.11/libproxy/modules/pxgsettings.cpp:160

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in libproxy (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - pxgsettings crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
+ pxgsettings crashed with SIGSEGV in main()
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Thanks - I have a handle on this problem. I reported it upstream and am waiting for their response/advice.

Changed in libproxy (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

I can't link to the bug properly, but it is http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/issues/detail?id=192

tags: added: need-amd64-retrace
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package libproxy - 0.4.11-0ubuntu2

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libproxy (0.4.11-0ubuntu2) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/dont_segfault_on_exit.patch:
    - drop buggy unref calls to fix a segfault (lp: #1182043)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 30 May 2013 13:20:43 +0200

Changed in libproxy (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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