apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV in __fprintf_chk()

[Γουργιώτης Γιώργος (aka Gourgi)]

Binary package hint: apt

apport service marked my previous bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/507501) invalid so i'm reporting this again

apt-get segfaults ...

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Jan 15 17:51:39 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-get
Package: apt 0.7.25ubuntu2
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined (enforce)
ProcCmdline: apt-get upgrade
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xd9f860 <__fprintf_chk+32>: cmpw $0x0,(%esi)
 PC (0x00d9f860) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "(%esi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: apt
StacktraceTop:
 __fprintf_chk () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog() ()
 pkgDPkgPM::Go(int) ()
 pkgPackageManager::DoInstallPostFork(int) ()
 pkgPackageManager::DoInstall(int) ()
Tags: lucid
Title: apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV in __fprintf_chk()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 ___fprintf_chk (fp=0x0, flag=1, format=0x9f1377 "End-Date: %s\n")
 pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog (this=0x97d63a8)
 pkgDPkgPM::Go (this=0x97d63a8, OutStatusFd=-1)
 pkgPackageManager::DoInstallPostFork (this=0x97d63a8,
 pkgPackageManager::DoInstall (this=0x97d63a8, statusFd=-1)

[DarkJavi (darkjavi)]

Same here, apt-get and aptitude do segmentation fault at then end of the install process.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/512581

[Tom Pino (metalsmith-rangeweb)]

I was removing and installing grub-common and removing grub and installing grub-pc in an upgraded 8.04>10.04 installation when this occurred.
Terminal ouput below;

debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
Preconfiguring packages ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": could not write /var/cache/debconf/config.dat-new: Permission denied

touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp': Permission denied
sh: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Permission denied
Segmentation fault (core dumped)