compiz assert failure: *** glibc detected *** compiz: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0ab533e8 ***

[Anup Verma]

I clicked multiple times on "All Softwares" and "installed" columns in the Software Center as the searches were loading slowly and then the error occurred.

virtual box, ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit)
compiz:
  Installed: 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libnux-1.0-0 1.14.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** compiz: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0ab533e8 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Oct 5 02:45:15 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: nux
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: compiz assert failure: *** glibc detected *** compiz: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0ab533e8 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[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 #857738, 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.