pulseaudio assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/pulseaudio: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0909b4c0 ***

[Jānis Kangarooo]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

i had vlc open paused DVD video.
then i was away for few minutes and when i came back i got 5 crash reports.
vlc was still open but sound wasnt coming.
vlc had a crash report in crash folder
then also vlc crashed totaly and overwrite that vlc crash
all 5 crashes: bug 603541 bug 603542 bug 603540 bug 603539 bug 603544

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: rev20 [VIA 82C686A/B rev20], device 0: VIA 82C686A/B rev20 [VIA 82C686A/B rev20]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: rev20 [VIA 82C686A/B rev20], device 0: VIA 82C686A/B rev20 [VIA 82C686A/B rev20]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/pulseaudio: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0909b4c0 ***
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: kng 741 F.... pulseaudio
                      kng 1362 F.... xfce4-volumed
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: kng 741 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: kng 741 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'rev20'/'VIA 82C686A/B rev20 with AD1881A at 0xdc00, irq 10'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1881A'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445348'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 21
Date: Fri Jul 9 13:44:59 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pulseaudio
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.utf8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
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: pulseaudio assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/pulseaudio: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0909b4c0 ***
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2000
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 62710
dmi.board.name: 6VX7-4X
dmi.board.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr62710:bd08/03/2000:svnFujitsuSiemens:pnVIA694X/686A:pvr00000000:rvnGIGABYTE:rn6VX7-4X:rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
dmi.product.name: VIA694X/686A
dmi.product.version: 00000000
dmi.sys.vendor: Fujitsu Siemens

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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 #585656, 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.