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file-roller package

file-roller kills entire session when a process cannot be executed

Bug #369603 reported by Joel Goguen
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File Roller
Fix Released
Critical
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: file-roller

Whenever file-roller can't execute a process (such as mv, gzip, etc.) it crashes the entire session. This seems to be because it sends SIGTERM to PID 0 in src/fr-process.c. Line 984 might need a check for process->priv->command_pid > 0?

[jgoguen@hermes:~/Code/file-roller-2.26.1]$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
[jgoguen@hermes:~/Code/file-roller-2.26.1]$ apt-cache policy file-roller
file-roller:
  Installed: 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Expected behaviour: At worst, file-roller itself closes

Actual behaviour: The entire GNOME login session was closed and I had to log back in.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: file-roller 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: file-roller
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/file-roller
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Joel Goguen (jgoguen) wrote :
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Changed in fileroller:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Joel Goguen (jgoguen) wrote :

This patch prevents file-roller from taking down the session when it dies like this. Only problem is, if file-roller remains open it's essentially useless anyway. If file-roller is kissed or closed in the middle of an operation this won't be an issue, but if AppArmor is the cause, file-roller will need to be restarted to get functionality. Not sure if this is acceptable or not, and I don't know where to look to further fix this, so here's my debdiff applying the patch provided in the upstream bug.

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Joel Goguen (jgoguen) wrote :

This is the AppArmor profile in force that caused this issue. To reproduce, apply this profile, open an archive with file-roller, and try to either use the Extract button, or drag files from file-roller to a Nautilus window. /bin/mv will be denied, and the entire login session will crash. With the previous debdiff applied, file-roller won't crash but will be mostly useless until closed and re-opened.

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Joel Goguen (jgoguen) wrote :

Marking this as a Medium importance because although file-roller is typically not restricted by AppArmor, the upstream report says that if a user were to close file-roller in the middle of an operation this would also be an issue.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The debdiff has some config.log noise

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
status: New → Triaged
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Joel Goguen (jgoguen) wrote :

Sorry about that, I've regenerated the debdiff, it doesn't have anything from config.log this time.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in fileroller:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been fixed upstream now

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 2.27.1-0ubuntu1

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file-roller (2.27.1-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in:
    - updated gtk requirement

  [ Robert Ancell ]
  * New upstream version (LP: #387706)
    - New features and user visible changes
      - Added support for lzip compressed archives (#579467)
      - Added support for xz compressed archives (#582237)
    - Bugs fixed:
      - #582712: Opening multipart encrypted .7z files does not work (file-roller-created .7z)
      - #584675: Untracked files on fresh clone
      - #580070: Garbage is displayed when adding a folder
      - #583863: Wrong explanation for the command 'extract-here'.
      - #584810: File-roller uses libsexy
      - #584718: File-roller crashes when opening certain archives with wierd characters in filename (LP: #282179)
      - #581102: build error in copy-n-paste/
      - #578467: Should not use deprecated gtk symbols
      - #503240: File-roller kills the entire session when aborted (LP: #369603)
  * debian/patches: 30_fix_local_include.patch: Fix local include file in distributed file
  * debian/control.in:
  * debian/control:
  * debian/file-roller.mime:
    - Support lzip and xz

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:41:19 +0200

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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