brcupsconfig3 assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated

[isbel]

Binary package hint: brother-cups-wrapper-laser

Printing some pages from a large Djvu document takes a long time. Printer Brother HL2030 via a printer server.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated
Date: Mon Sep 28 21:27:01 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3
Package: brother-cups-wrapper-laser 2.0.1-2-0ubuntu5
ProcCmdline: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 HL2030 /etc/cups/ppd/HL2030.ppd 0 PageSize=A4\ BrMediaType=PLAIN\ Resolution=600dpi\ number-up-layout=lrtb\ Sleep=PrinterDefault\ number-up=2\ TonerSaveMode=On\ InputSlot=TRAY1\ job-uuid=urn:uuid:a600b227-796e-337f-4429-2927592dae65\ job-originating-host-name=localhost
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: brother-cups-wrapper-laser
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: brcupsconfig3 assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:__kernel_vsyscall ()
*__GI_raise (sig=6)
*__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
__libc_message (do_abort=2,
*__GI___fortify_fail (

[Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx)]

And so... Any resolution to this?

I guess this will teach us all not to buy hardware that does not provide source for or otherwise open drivers and/or specifications.

I will NEVER, EVER buy another Brother product again so long as they continue to not provide open drivers. And I will advise friends and colleagues to never buy Brother products.

[mbrudka (mbrudka)]

Brian,

I observed the same bug for my HL-2030, when my Ubuntu run out of disk space in /tmp. After some disk cleaning, the printer started working perfectly. HTH.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

What did you do when this happened? Are you able to reproduce it with newer versions of Ubuntu?

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Ah, I see there are duplicate bugs from Ubuntu 11.04, so it seems this bug is still present.

[Vlad (servervd)]

It happened long time ago and at that time I had from somewhere installed my printer that doesn't have specific driver just general Brother HL-2030 and my pritner is Brother HL-2035. Don't remember where did I get that driver either. Had something to do with OpenOffice at that time and this problem occurred couple of times but nothing serious and I didn't loose any data. All it required was to restart OpenOffice and everything was ok. Didn't get this error for a while so I guess it's all sorted.

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From: Marius Kotsbak <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:59 AM
Subject: [Bug 438356] Re: brcupsconfig3 assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated

What did you do when this happened? Are you able to reproduce it with
newer versions of Ubuntu?

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Title:
  brcupsconfig3 assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***:
  /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated

Status in “brother-cups-wrapper-laser” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: brother-cups-wrapper-laser

  Printing some pages from a large Djvu document takes a long time.
  Printer Brother HL2030 via a printer server.

  ProblemType: Crash
  Architecture: i386
  AssertionMessage: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated
  Date: Mon Sep 28 21:27:01 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ExecutablePath: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3
  Package: brother-cups-wrapper-laser 2.0.1-2-0ubuntu5
  ProcCmdline: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 HL2030 /etc/cups/ppd/HL2030.ppd 0 PageSize=A4\ BrMediaType=PLAIN\ Resolution=600dpi\ number-up-layout=lrtb\ Sleep=PrinterDefault\ number-up=2\ TonerSaveMode=On\ InputSlot=TRAY1\ job-uuid=urn:uuid:a600b227-796e-337f-4429-2927592dae65\ job-originating-host-name=localhost
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: brother-cups-wrapper-laser
  StacktraceTop:
   __kernel_vsyscall ()
   raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
   ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
   __fortify_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
  Title: brcupsconfig3 assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/Brother/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig3 terminated
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
  UserGroups:

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jan Willamowius (jan-willamowius)]

brcupsconfig3 is crashing because it uses a very small buffer when anaylsing the command line parameters and it doesn't check the size of the command line it copies into this buffer.

The attached patch makes the buffer larger and makes sure it doesn't copy more bytes than the buffer can hold.

This fixes the crash I had on my machine, but the code is full of buffers with static sizes and no size checks...

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "Fix for brcupsconfig3" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Jan Willamowius (jan-willamowius)]

This bug is still present in Ubuntu 20.04, 6 years after I submit a patch. Wow!