gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_size_estimate()

[Raoul Bhatia]

i am using a samsung scx-4216f on our intranet server via ipp.
since updating to the most recent printing related packages (cups, etc.) from oneiric-proposed, i cannot print.
(a seperate bug report will be filed for this).

so there is one document hanging in the spooler.
upon restart, appcrash asks me to report this issue.

i'm filing this as a new bugreport because i don't know how to include all the gathered information otherwise.

thanks,
raoul

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ghostscript 9.04~dfsg-0ubuntu11.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.24-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Dec 15 12:39:54 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gs
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
Lpstat:
 device for OKI-C3200n: dnssd://OLE4A891._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
 device for Samsung: ipp://printer.office/printers/Samsung
 device for Samsung-SCX-4216F: smb://OFFICE/printer/Samsung
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 OKI-C3200n: Oki C3200 Foomatic/foo2hiperc (recommended)
 Samsung-SCX-4216F: Samsung SCX-4216F, 2.0.0
 Samsung: Samsung SCX-4216F, 2.0.0
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOINTERPOLATE -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=%stdout -r600x600 -dMediaPosition=1 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 -dcupsBitsPerColor=1 -dcupsColorOrder=0 -dcupsColorSpace=3 -dcupsCompression=13 -scupsPageSizeName=A4 -I/usr/share/cups/fonts -c -f -_
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic root=UUID=35b8c022-73c4-4039-8d5a-de6649bc5313 ro enable_mtrr_cleanup
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fd43fb62bf1 <gx_pattern_load+113>: cmpl $0x2,0x58(%rbx)
 PC (0x7fd43fb62bf1) ok
 source "$0x2" ok
 destination "0x58(%rbx)" (0xc7d4c000cb2ff) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: ghostscript
StacktraceTop:
 gx_pattern_load () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.9
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.9
 clist_playback_band () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.9
 clist_playback_file_bands () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.9
 clist_render_rectangle () from /usr/lib/libgs.so.9
Title: gs crashed with SIGSEGV in gx_pattern_load()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 10/31/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.60
dmi.board.name: 4Core1333-FullHD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd10/31/2007:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvn:rn4Core1333-FullHD:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 gx_pattern_size_estimate (has_tags=0, pinst=0xc7d4c000cb2a7) at ./base/gxpcmap.c:213
 gx_pattern_load (pdc=0x7fff1ec99490, pis=0x7fff1ec97150, dev=0x271a368, select=gs_color_select_texture) at ./base/gxpcmap.c:1218
 gx_dc_pattern_load (pdevc=0x7fff1ec99490, pis=0x7fff1ec97150, dev=0x271a368, select=gs_color_select_texture) at ./base/gsptype1.c:1171
 clist_playback_band (playback_action=playback_action_render, cdev=<optimized out>, s=0x7fff1ec9b150, target=0x271a368, x0=0, y0=0, mem=0x1e34eb8) at ./base/gxclrast.c:1685
 clist_playback_file_bands (action=playback_action_render, crdev=0x7fd440637068, page_info=<optimized out>, target=0x1f1d448, band_first=<optimized out>, band_last=<optimized out>, x0=0, y0=0) at ./base/gxclread.c:852

[Raoul Bhatia (raoul-bhatia)]

this bug might be related to bug 905649

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Please follow the instructions of the sections "CUPS error_log" and "Capturing print job data" on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems with a print job which causes the problem.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

This bug should have been expired, but the mechanism seems to have a bug. Closing manually ...

[Raoul Bhatia (raoul-bhatia)]

i haven't encountered any such crash anymore.
so i suppose it has been resolved or was a strange coincident.