firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in moz_abort()

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Firefox 47 crashes everytime when started (on an up-to-date 16.10 Ubuntu MATE ppc, with 4.8.0-rc4 mainline kernel).

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: firefox 47.0+build3-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-040800rc4-generic ppc64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
Architecture: powerpc
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ef 1908 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20160606113752
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Mon Sep 5 14:03:34 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-04 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha powerpc (20160904)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.2.1 dev enP1p4s15f0 proto static metric 100
 169.254.0.0/16 dev enP1p4s15f0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.2.0/24 dev enP1p4s15f0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.4 metric 100
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 enP1p4s15f0 no wireless extensions.
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
PrefSources:
 /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/pref/all-ubuntumate.js
 prefs.js
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:de
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=47.0/20160606113752
RfKill: Can't open RFKILL control device: No such file or directory
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: firefox
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 malloc ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Title: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 moz_abort () at /build/firefox-cPFHHM/firefox-47.0+build3/memory/build/jemalloc_config.cpp:163
 malloc_init_hard () at /build/firefox-cPFHHM/firefox-47.0+build3/memory/mozjemalloc/jemalloc.c:5619
 malloc_init () at /build/firefox-cPFHHM/firefox-47.0+build3/memory/mozjemalloc/jemalloc.c:5548
 malloc (size=size@entry=18944) at /build/firefox-cPFHHM/firefox-47.0+build3/memory/mozjemalloc/jemalloc.c:6166
 pool (this=0x205e1aa4 <(anonymous namespace)::emergency_pool>) at ../../../../src/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc:123

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates.

It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:

apport-collect 1620286

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[ernsteiswuerfel (erhard-f)]

Hiya! Thanks for your feedback. But as the bug was on 16.10 and 16.04 ist the most recent version for PowerPC machines (which is phased out furthermore) additional testing won't make much sense.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thanks for your reply. Will close by marking as "Invalid" as bug report has no further use.