[apport] hald-probe-volume crashed with SIGSEGV in strlen()

Debug backtrace for the crash:

Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Core was generated by `/usr/lib/hal/hald-probe-volume'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0 0xb7da7c03 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
(gdb) thread apply all bt full

Thread 1 (process 5198):
#0 0xb7da7c03 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#1 0xb7da7935 in strdup () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2 0xb7fa3642 in libhal_changeset_set_property_string (changeset=0x8051088, key=0x804ef56 "volume.fstype", value=0x0)
    at libhal.c:3620
        elem = <value optimized out>
#3 0x0804965a in set_volume_id_values (ctx=<value optimized out>, udi=<value optimized out>, cs=0x8051088, vid=0x8053098)
    at probe-volume.c:125
        buf = "B^��H7��\200!ҷ\001\000\000\000�fԷ88��-��������/��\2205��@�������B^��H7��\200!ҷ�o�� \201���1\005\b����\020Nڷ \201���1\005\b�fԷ\204\026��\2300\005\b�1\005\b\b���в��\002\000\000\000\204\026��\2300\005\b\000\000\000\000\b���(����1\005\b\000\000\000\0008�������\204\026��\000\216n\0038�������\2300\005\b\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\020\001\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000����\204\026��"...
        usage = 0x804eef3 "other"
        volume_label = <value optimized out>
        error = {name = 0x0, message = 0x0, dummy1 = 1, dummy2 = 0, dummy3 = 0, dummy4 = 1, dummy5 = 0,
  padding1 = 0x20e40}
        __FUNCTION__ = "set_volume_id_values"
#4 0x08049d50 in main () at probe-volume.c:637
        fd = 4
        ret = <value optimized out>
        udi = 0xbffbeef3 "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/temp/145"
        device_file = 0xbffbee05 "/dev/hdd3"
        ctx = (LibHalContext *) 0x8051030
        error = {name = 0x0, message = 0x0, dummy1 = 1, dummy2 = 0, dummy3 = 0, dummy4 = 1, dummy5 = 0,
  padding1 = 0xb7fcb2d0}
        parent_udi = 0xbffbee42 "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_VNVD06G4H6J4RL"
        sysfs_path = <value optimized out>
        vid = (struct volume_id *) 0x8053098
        stordev_dev_file = 0x8051cf8 "/dev/hdd"
        partition_number_str = 0xbffbeb99 "3"
        partition_start_str = <value optimized out>
        is_disc_str = <value optimized out>
        is_disc = 0
        partition_number = 3
        partition_start = 123461452800
        block_size = 512
        vol_size = 57576960
        should_probe_for_fs = 3220958236
        vol_probe_offset = 0
        cs = (LibHalChangeSet *) 0x8051088
        __FUNCTION__ = "main"
#5 0xb7d4febc in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#6 0x08049501 in _start ()
No symbol table info available.

The patch https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=9359&action=view needs testing.

Hi,

Daniel Holbach [2007-03-30 7:45 -0000]:
> The patch
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=9359&action=view needs
> testing.

I'll put it into Feisty ASAP.

This should be fixed in this Feisty version:

 hal (0.5.8.1-4ubuntu12) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Add debian/patches/66-NULL-fstype-crash.patch: Do not crash on NULL
     volume.fstypes, and assing some fallback values to them. Patch from Danny
     Kukawa in FD#10429. (LP: #87800)
   * debian/patches/24_ignored_volumes.patch: Ignore partitions which are
     mounted by default in /etc/fstab only when they are not currently mounted
     (this could happen on damaged partitions, failed fsck, etc., and
     inexperienced users should not randomly mount those.). Since this would
     make system partitions visible, limit the visible ones to /media/ again,
     as in previous Ubuntu releases. (LP: #73227)
   * Add debian/10-storage-policy.fdi: Resurrect 'Eject all USB and Firewire
     storage devices', just as in previous Ubuntu releases. (LP: #97366)
   * Add debian/patches/67-fix-probe-volume.patch: Attempt to fix scrambled
     labels. Taken from FD#10362, thanks to Danny Kukawa. (LP: #69914)

Can you please check out a live CD (from tomorrow on) whether you still get this crash? Apparently you inserted an USB Stick, a CD-ROM, or a new hard disk partition with an empty or broken label, and that caused this hal crash.

Any news here? Work the patch?