upowerd crashed with SIGSEGV in __vfprintf_chk()

[V.J.Pavan Srinivas]

Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

pavanj@pavanj:~$ apt-cache policy upower
upower:
  Installed: 0.9.17-1build1
  Candidate: 0.9.17-1build1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.17-1build1 0
        500 http://glug.nith.ac.in/ubuntu/archives/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This error is coming frequently while using the system.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: upower 0.9.17-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 23 17:42:21 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-30 (181 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
ProcEnviron:

SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb7467b9e <__vfprintf_chk+190>: lock subl $0x1,(%edx)
 PC (0xb7467b9e) ok
 source "$0x1" ok
 destination "(%edx)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: upower
Stacktrace:
 #0 0xb7467b9e in __vfprintf_chk () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 No symbol table info available.
 #1 0xb7532000 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.3
 No symbol table info available.
StacktraceTop:
 __vfprintf_chk () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.3
Title: upowerd crashed with SIGSEGV in __vfprintf_chk()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-22 (6 days ago)
UserGroups:

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StacktraceSource:
 #0 0xb7467b9e in _IO_acquire_lock_clear_flags2_fct (p=<optimized out>) at ../libio/libioP.h:995
   [Error: ../libio/libioP.h was not found in source tree]
 #1 ___vfprintf_chk (fp=0x0, flag=-1073834540, format=0x9a1ad40 "\270t\242\t\001", ap=0xb7520177 "\300t6\350\221\346\377\377\203\070\021t,\211\064$\350t\346\377\377\211\004$\350\354\344\377\377\205\300\211\305t>\350\241\377\377\377\211,$\211\307\350\247\340\377\377\205\377t\033\215v") at vfprintf_chk.c:31
   [Error: vfprintf_chk.c was not found in source tree]
 #2 0xb7532000 in ?? () from /tmp/tmpD7X_vh/usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.3
StacktraceTop:
 _IO_acquire_lock_clear_flags2_fct (p=<optimized out>) at ../libio/libioP.h:995
 ___vfprintf_chk (fp=0x0, flag=-1073834540, format=0x9a1ad40 "\270t\242\t\001", ap=0xb7520177 "\300t6\350\221\346\377\377\203\070\021t,\211\064$\350t\346\377\377\211\004$\350\354\344\377\377\205\300\211\305t>\350\241\377\377\377\211,$\211\307\350\247\340\377\377\205\377t\033\215v") at vfprintf_chk.c:31
 ?? () from /tmp/tmpD7X_vh/usr/lib/libimobiledevice.so.3

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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