gpartedbin assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin terminated

[Ciaran Keeley]

Trying to run Gparted from the live CD, worked yesterday, now doesn't

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin terminated
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Feb 12 12:05:31 2012
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gparted 0.4.5-2ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gparted
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
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: gpartedbin assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Curtis Gedak (gedakc)]

Many bugs have been fixed since the 0.4.5 release. The most recent version is 0.11.0. Would you be able to try this latest version to see if the problem still occurs?

GParted 0.11.0 can be found on the GParted Live CD (http://gparted.org/livecd.php), and also on the Precise Pangolin Ubuntu 12.04 alpha 2 image.

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Unsetting the need retracing tag, there is no retracer left running on that version of Ubuntu, the crash will need to be manually retraced

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

Ubuntu 9.10 reached end of life in April of 2011.