gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock() [VirtualBox guest OpenGL]

[Paul Oppenheim]

Crash on login.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.10.3-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Feb 17 13:10:19 2014
DisplayManager: gdm
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
ProcCmdline: gnome-shell --mode=gdm
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/false
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f2841f3a414 <__GI___pthread_mutex_lock+4>: mov 0x10(%rdi),%esi
 PC (0x7f2841f3a414) ok
 source "0x10(%rdi)" (0x000020d8) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%esi" ok
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x0) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:66
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
 start_thread (arg=0x7f2844d9a700) at pthread_create.c:312
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Paul Oppenheim (pauloppenheim)]

Made bug public, traces contain no private information (fresh VM install)

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x0) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:66
 crLockMutex (mutex=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/virtualbox-4.3.6-dfsg/src/VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/threads.c:166
 crHashtableLock (h=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/virtualbox-4.3.6-dfsg/src/VBox/GuestHost/OpenGL/util/hash.c:434
 stubSyncThreadProc (ThreadSelf=0xb14e60, pvUser=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/virtualbox-4.3.6-dfsg/src/VBox/Additions/common/crOpenGL/load.c:898
 rtThreadMain (pThread=0xb14e60, NativeThread=<optimized out>, pszThreadName=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/virtualbox-4.3.6-dfsg/src/VBox/Runtime/common/misc/thread.cpp:712

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME#Support
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2017-March/004211.html

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Ubuntu 14.04 reached end of standard support in April 2019:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

If you would like to continue with free support then please update to a
newer Ubuntu version and tell us if the problem still occurs.

If you would like to continue with Ubuntu 14.04 then there is a paid
support option detailed at https://www.ubuntu.com/esm