pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in memblock_replace_import()

[Taras Prokopenko]

random crashes in ordinary Audacity session (rec & play)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC2: tp 15542 F.... pulseaudio
                      tp 24973 F.... alsamixer
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tp 15542 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: tp 15542 F.... pulseaudio
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May 12 18:11:20 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pulseaudio
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-27 (1020 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
 pa_memimport_free () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
 pa_pstream_unlink () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/pulse-4.0/modules/libprotocol-native.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/pulse-4.0/modules/libprotocol-native.so
Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_memimport_free()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2105
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4A785TD-V EVO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2105:bd07/23/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A785TD-VEVO:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2017-03-23T19:43:36.853439

[Taras Prokopenko (tpro)]

last line from pulseaudio was

pulseaudio[3402]: [pulseaudio] memblock.c: Assertion 'pa_atomic_load(&b->pool->stat.imported_size) >= (int) b->length' failed at pulsecore/memblock.c:695,
function memblock_replace_import(). Aborting.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 memblock_replace_import (b=0x148adc0) at pulsecore/memblock.c:692
 pa_memimport_free (i=0x136c0d0) at pulsecore/memblock.c:951
 pa_pstream_unlink (p=0x148a330) at pulsecore/pstream.c:987
 native_connection_unlink (c=0x137fd80) at pulsecore/protocol-native.c:1333
 pstream_die_callback (p=0x148a330, userdata=0x137fd80) at pulsecore/protocol-native.c:4903

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1690024, so it 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.