gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

[PJSingh5000]

Watching youtube video in Google Chrome and configuring my wireless router using web console in a separate Google Chrome window. Desktop became unresponsive for about a minute.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 22 22:17:30 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'command-history' b"['r']"
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'app-picker-view' b'uint32 1'
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['google-chrome.desktop', 'chrome-eppojlglocelodeimnohnlnionkobfln-Default.desktop', 'spotify.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.gedit.desktop', 'wps-office-wps.desktop', 'wps-office-wpp.desktop', 'wps-office-et.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'gnome-system-monitor.desktop']"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'cursor-theme' b"'DMZ-White'"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10.0 2017.10.19 amd64 "Custom Artful Aardvark"
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f53efab0de2 <g_type_check_instance_cast+34>: mov (%rdi),%rbp
 PC (0x7f53efab0de2) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0xfafffacaffffffff) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rbp" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_type_check_instance_cast () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 st_label_set_text () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
 g_object_setv () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_object_set_property () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 () at /usr/lib/libgjs.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo users video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1722986, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.