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wish8.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r()

Bug #200397 reported by Toyota4Runner
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tk8.5 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: tk8.5

Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
Upon attempting to open Amsn application I received this error.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 9 20:20:44 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/wish8.5
NonfreeKernelModules: cdrom
Package: tk8.5 8.5.0-3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: wish /usr/bin/amsn
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: tk8.5
StacktraceTop:
 _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2
 _nss_wins_gethostbyname2_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2
 gethostbyname2_r () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 getaddrinfo () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: wish8.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin nvram plugdev sambashare scanner video
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb6949605 <_nss_wins_gethostbyname_r+709>: movl $0x0,(%eax)
 PC (0xb6949605) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "(%eax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA

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Tags: apport-crash
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Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:_nss_wins_gethostbyname_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2
_nss_wins_gethostbyname2_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2
gethostbyname2_r@@GLIBC_2.1.2 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
gaih_inet () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
getaddrinfo () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
Changed in tk8.5:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Stekman (stekman) wrote : Re: wish8.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r() Using Amsn rev 9642

I get a lot of errors when I activate wins in nsswitch.conf:

- aMSN as above
- Nautilus can't open shares mounted from Network (but if i mount with ip-numbers it works)
- Samba configuration gui does not work

I think these are related, and it is not an aMSN-problem, but a problem in tk8.5 when using wins name lookups.

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Johan Zaxmy (johan-zaxmy) wrote :

I have the same problems.

Removing wins from nsswitch.conf removes the problem.

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Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77) wrote :

Yes I can confirm that removing wins from the nsswitch.conf corrected the problem.

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Luqman (luqmana) wrote :

The problem is not corrected! Some of us need wins enabled in nsswitch.conf for hostname resolution. Removing wins is an incompetent workaround!

Changed in tk8.5:
status: New → Confirmed
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Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77) wrote :

I am still having the same issue with Jaunty Ubuntu 9.04

Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77)
summary: - wish8.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r() Using Amsn
- rev 9642
+ wish8.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r()
Kees Cook (kees)
description: updated
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tastyracer (steve-theoldrose) wrote :

This is STILL happening on Karmic 9.10

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Juan Sebastián Marulanda (juanchito2006) wrote :

I'm getting this error also, I'm unable to configure my home network without having aMSN segfaulting.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That version has died long ago; no more supported

Changed in tk8.5 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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