apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends()

Bug #440498 reported by sylvain67
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This bug affects 37 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update notifier
Invalid
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update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-notifier

ubuntu 9.10 Karmic developement branch.
i was in synaptic.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 2 12:46:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-notifier-common 0.88
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xd17f28 <_ZN17pkgCacheGenerator10ListParser10NewDependsEN8pkgCache11VerIteratorERKSsS4_jj+456>: imul $0x1c,0x8(%eax),%eax
 PC (0x00d17f28) ok
 source "$0x1c" ok
 destination "0x8(%eax)" (0x6c37ce0c) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends(pkgCache::VerIterator, std::string const&, std::string const&, unsigned int, unsigned int) ()
 debListParser::ParseDepends(pkgCache::VerIterator, char const*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 debListParser::NewVersion(pkgCache::VerIterator) ()
 pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList(pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser&, pkgCache::VerIterator*) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 debStatusIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator&, OpProgress&) const
Title: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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sylvain67 (sylvaingolder) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends (this=0xbfed7748, Ver=
debListParser::ParseDepends (this=0xbfed7748, Ver=
debListParser::NewVersion (this=0xbfed7748, Ver=
pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList (this=0xbfed8118,
debStatusIndex::Merge (this=0xa0ef418, Gen=@0xbfed8118,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
visibility: private → public
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: bugpattern-written
removed: bugpattern-needed
devil89 (andrea89-devil)
description: updated
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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

I got this bug in Ubuntu Lucid Alpha 2.

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Giuseppe Terrasi (giuseppeterrasi-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Confirm. Same problem.
Bye.

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Michael Moroni (airon90) wrote :

Again same problem :|

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Cesare Mastroianni (cece) wrote :

I had today the same problem (for the first time).
Thanks.

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Mörgæs (moergaes) wrote :

Closing due to age. No activity since 10.04.

If a similar bug appears in Ubuntu 14.04 please open a new report.

Changed in update-notifier:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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