sadc assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x081d8ae8 ***

[Adrian Tritschler]

Binary package hint: sysstat

Upgraded Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 and restarted the system; a dozen or more application crashes on startup including this one.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x081d8ae8 ***
Date: Fri Oct 23 17:40:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: sysstat 9.0.3-2ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc -F -L 1 1 -
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/sh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: sysstat
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
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: sadc assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x081d8ae8 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #460356, 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.

[Adrian Tritschler (ajft)]

2009/10/29 Apport retracing service <email address hidden>:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 460356 ***
>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460356
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.  This particular crash has already been reported and is a
> duplicate of bug #460356, 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.

Can't look at the other bug, the link you give results in:

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> Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
> the other report.  Please continue to report any other bugs you may
> find.

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Adrian