software-center crashed with SIGSEGV in debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo()

Bug #860602 reported by kenstrickler@gmail.com
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This bug affects 35 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

Software center crashes when trying to install downloaded .deb package

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.23.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 27 10:02:17 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center apt:adobe-flashplugin?channel=$distro-partner
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f401d0b99b4 <_ZN13debListParser15LoadReleaseInfoERN8pkgCache15PkgFileIteratorER6FileFdSs+1444>: mov %eax,0x14(%rbp)
 PC (0x7f401d0b99b4) ok
 source "%eax" ok
 destination "0x14(%rbp)" (0x7f40017c3fcc) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: software-center
StacktraceTop:
 debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator&, FileFd&, std::string) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.11
 debPackagesIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator&, OpProgress*) const () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.11
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.11
 pkgCacheGenerator::MakeStatusCache(pkgSourceList&, OpProgress*, MMap**, bool) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.11
 pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches(OpProgress*, bool) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.11
Title: software-center crashed with SIGSEGV in debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-26 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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kenstrickler@gmail.com (kenstrickler) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo (this=0x7fffbd765c10, FileI=..., File=<optimized out>, component=<optimized out>) at deb/deblistparser.cc:864
 debPackagesIndex::Merge (this=0x41ac7a0, Gen=<optimized out>, Prog=<optimized out>) at deb/debindexfile.cc:342
 BuildCache (Gen=..., Progress=0x7fffbd766d50, CurrentSize=@0x7fffbd766c70, TotalSize=83474064, Start=..., End=...) at pkgcachegen.cc:1067
 pkgCacheGenerator::MakeStatusCache (List=<optimized out>, Progress=0x7fffbd766d50, OutMap=0x40ae260, AllowMem=40) at pkgcachegen.cc:1261
 pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches (this=0x40ae250, Progress=0x7fffbd766d50, WithLock=<optimized out>) at cachefile.cc:80

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
tags: added: precise
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

visibility: private → public
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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) wrote :

Both my USC and Apport keep crashing with this all of a sudden, on 12.04.

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Jens Kehne (jkehne) wrote :

This just happened to me while installing steam for linux on 12.10.

dino99 (9d9)
tags: removed: oneiric
tags: added: utopic
tags: added: vivid
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