Invalid entries in .desktop file crash unity8

[Tim Süberkrüb]

Please checkout the the linked branch [1], open it with the Ubuntu SDK and run it on the device. Unity8 will crash.
The issue seems to be the "_Name" entry in the .desktop file.

[1]: https://code.launchpad.net/~tim-sueberkrueb/+junk/unity-crasher-test

[Michael Zanetti (mzanetti)]

Stack trace:

#0 0xf64709a6 in ?? () from /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6
#1 0xf647e62e in raise () from /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6
#2 0xf647f332 in abort () from /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6
#3 0xf65bc120 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6
#4 0xf65ba950 in ?? () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6
#5 0xf65ba9a6 in std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6
#6 0xf65babfc in __cxa_rethrow () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6
#7 0xe473bf22 in ?? () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libubuntu-app-launch.so.2
#8 0xe47cabd0 in qtmir::upstart::TaskController::getInfoForApp(QString const&) const () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/qml/Unity/Application/libunityapplicationplugin.so
#9 0xe47a298c in qtmir::ApplicationManager::onProcessStarting(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/qml/Unity/Application/libunityapplicationplugin.so
#10 0xf6829ae2 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQt5Core.so.5
#11 0xe47ce292 in qtmir::TaskController::processStarting(QString const&) () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/qml/Unity/Application/libunityapplicationplugin.so
#12 0xe47ca332 in ?? () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt5/qml/Unity/Application/libunityapplicationplugin.so
#13 0xe471cbc6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libubuntu-app-launch.so.2

So this seems to happen in
qtmir::upstart::TaskController::getInfoForApp(QString const&)