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gnome-shell crashed on logout with SIGSEGV in [strlen() from] g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from g_list_foreach()

Bug #1944388 reported by po ying chiang
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mutter
Fix Released
Unknown
gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Daniel van Vugt

Bug Description

gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: gnome-shell 40.2-1ubuntu6
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Sep 21 02:58:40 2021
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 40.2.1-1ubuntu1
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_strdup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_error_copy () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-8.so.0
 g_list_foreach () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-8.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
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po ying chiang (pyc0326) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_strdup (str=0x1 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x1>) at ../../../glib/gstrfuncs.c:363
 g_error_copy (error=0x55f1f3295130) at ../../../glib/gerror.c:886
 meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl (page_flip_data=0x55f1f3485e60, error=<optimized out>) at ../src/backends/native/meta-kms-page-flip.c:285
 g_list_foreach (list=<optimized out>, func=func@entry=0x7f6abee5a730 <meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl>, user_data=user_data@entry=0x55f1f3295130) at ../../../glib/glist.c:1090
 meta_kms_impl_device_simple_prepare_shutdown (impl_device=0x55f1f3295130) at ../src/backends/native/meta-kms-impl-device-simple.c:1497

tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()
+ gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from
+ meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl()
summary: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from
- meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl()
+ meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from g_list_foreach()
information type: Private → Public
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from g_list_foreach()

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

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from
- meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from g_list_foreach()
+ gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in [strlen() from] g_strdup() from
+ g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from
+ g_list_foreach()
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
no longer affects: mutter (Ubuntu)
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: gnome-shell-shutdown-crash
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in [strlen() from] g_strdup() from g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from g_list_foreach()

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 40.5-1ubuntu2

---------------
gnome-shell (40.5-1ubuntu2) impish; urgency=medium

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * debian/patches: Avoid full meta context finalization.
    To workaround (prevent) shutdown crashes (LP: #1936826, #1942031, #1942121,
    LP: #1943406, #1944054, #1945010, #1945116, #1944388)

 -- Marco Trevisan (Treviño) <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:52:11 +0200

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in [strlen() from] g_strdup() from
- g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from
+ gnome-shell crashed on logout with SIGSEGV in [strlen() from] g_strdup()
+ from g_error_copy() from meta_kms_page_flip_data_discard_in_impl() from
g_list_foreach()
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
no longer affects: mutter (Ubuntu)
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in mutter:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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