systemd-journald crashed with SIGABRT

[David Baucum]

Crashed shortly after logging in to my laptop.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: systemd 229-2ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-13.29-generic 4.4.5
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 10 21:12:39 2016
ExecutablePath: /lib/systemd/systemd-journald
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-13 (398 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420
ProcCmdline: /lib/systemd/systemd-journald
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-13-generic root=UUID=71fcab68-425b-4dae-a9ec-13245f989fe1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: systemd
StacktraceTop:
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SystemdDelta:
 [EXTENDED] /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service → /lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service.d/xdiagnose.conf
 [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service → /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
 [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf

 3 overridden configuration files found.
Title: systemd-journald crashed with SIGABRT
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 12/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0DT492
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd12/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1420:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0DT492:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1420
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 journal_file_move_to_object ()
 journal_file_find_data_object_with_hash ()
 journal_file_append_data.lto_priv ()
 journal_file_append_entry.constprop ()
 dispatch_message_real.lto_priv ()

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Cory Johns (johnsca)]

Got this on a new X1 Carbon with a fresh Bionic install after it failed to wake from sleep the first time (black screen) but then after closing the laptop and waiting a few minutes, it recovered and I had this error.