gnome-software crashed with SIGSEGV in look_at_pkg()

[Christopher]

It may be a variant of related bugs or just my 2005 laptop crashing as it frequently does when overloaded or too hot.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 3 11:07:26 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb2183249: pushl 0xc(%eax)
 PC (0xb2183249) ok
 source "0xc(%eax)" (0xbf4a3a4c) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "(%esp)" (0xb0c451f0) ok
 Stack memory exhausted (SP below stack segment)
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_apt.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_apt.so
 gs_plugin_refine () from /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_apt.so
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-software crashed with SIGSEGV in gs_plugin_refine()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare scanner sudo tape video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 look_at_pkg (P=..., policy=policy@entry=0xb0c44fa8, error=0xb0c44fa8, plugin=0xb0c44e27, list=<optimized out>) at gs-plugin-apt.cc:380
 load_apt_db (plugin=0xb0c44e27, plugin@entry=0x91e7808, error=0x91e7808, error@entry=0xb0c44fa8) at gs-plugin-apt.cc:442
 gs_plugin_refine (plugin=0x91e7808, list=0xb0c45000, flags=GS_PLUGIN_REFINE_FLAGS_USE_HISTORY, cancellable=0x92be490, error=0xb0c44fa8) at gs-plugin-apt.cc:573
 gs_plugin_loader_run_refine (plugin_loader=plugin_loader@entry=0x91d3450, function_name_parent=function_name_parent@entry=0x8095870 "gs_plugin_add_updates_historical", list=list@entry=0xb0c45000, flags=GS_PLUGIN_REFINE_FLAGS_USE_HISTORY, cancellable=0x92be490, error=0xb0c45058) at gs-plugin-loader.c:232
 gs_plugin_loader_run_results (plugin_loader=plugin_loader@entry=0x91d3450, function_name=0x8095870 "gs_plugin_add_updates_historical", flags=GS_PLUGIN_REFINE_FLAGS_USE_HISTORY, cancellable=0x92be490, error=0xb0c45058) at gs-plugin-loader.c:372

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Christopher (soft-kristal)]

The initial display of the bug is Photos, which aren't loading when Gnome-Software is launched.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Closing as better crash information is available in errors.ubuntu.com. Thanks for the report.