gnome-software crashed with SIGSEGV in g_string_truncate()

[Kishore Ramnani]

was installing opera

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-software 3.26.5-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-041500-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Feb 8 11:46:56 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-27 (43 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20171221)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.5-1ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f35d0c669e8 <g_string_truncate+24>: movb $0x0,(%rdx,%rsi,1)
 PC (0x7f35d0c669e8) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "(%rdx,%rsi,1)" (0x6300746567646977) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 g_string_truncate () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_io_channel_shutdown () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpackagekit-glib2.so.18
 g_main_context_dispatch () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software crashed with SIGSEGV in g_string_truncate()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_string_truncate (string=0x55fa25e3d489, len=len@entry=0) at ../../../../glib/gstring.c:371
 g_io_channel_shutdown (channel=0x55fa27f60980, flush=flush@entry=0, err=err@entry=0x7ffc05bb0f18) at ../../../../glib/giochannel.c:511
 pk_client_helper_copy_stdout_cb (source=<optimized out>, condition=<optimized out>, client_helper=<optimized out>) at pk-client-helper.c:173
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x55fa25e57d00) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:3148
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x55fa25e57d00) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:3813