ld.bfd crashed with SIGSEGV in _IO_file_xsputn()

Bug #605842 reported by David Stansby
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binutils (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: binutils

Happened whilst compiling gnome-shell

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: binutils 2.20.51.20100710-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Jul 15 12:26:42 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ld.bfd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/ld --sysroot=/ --build-id --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386 --hash-style=both -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o conftest -z relro /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/../../../../lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/crtbegin.o -L/home/username/gnome-shell/install/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/../../../../lib -L//lib/../lib -L//usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/../../.. -L//lib -L//usr/lib /tmp/ccmdTYd7.o -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.4/../../../../lib/crtn.o
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 LANGUAGE=C
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xa3da8c: rep movsl %ds:(%esi),%es:(%edi)
 PC (0x00a3da8c) ok
 source "%ds:(%esi)" (0x0000007b) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%es:(%edi)" (0xb78ed8de) ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: binutils
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 _IO_file_xsputn () from /lib/libc.so.6
 fwrite () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libbfd-2.20.51-system.20100710.so
 bfd_bwrite ()
Title: ld.bfd crashed with SIGSEGV in _IO_file_xsputn()
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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David Stansby (dstansby-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 __mempcpy_ia32 () from /lib/libc.so.6
 _IO_new_file_xsputn (f=0x85a6868, data=0x0, n=120)
 _IO_fwrite (buf=0x0, size=1, count=120, fp=0x85a6868)
 cache_bwrite (abfd=0x8531c60, where=0x0, nbytes=120)
 bfd_bwrite (ptr=0x0, size=120, abfd=0x8531c60)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
visibility: private → public
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

I can't see any recent gnome-shell build failures on the buildds. closing this issue.

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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