nm-applet leaks memory

Bug #933711 reported by LCID Fire
18
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Since I upgraded to Precise, nm-applet sometimes leaks memory. Currently it is using 512MB of ram - and growing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.2.0+git.20120126t000800.5151959-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CRDA:
 country DE:
  (2400 - 2483 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
  (5150 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR
  (5250 - 5350 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS
  (5470 - 5725 @ 40), (N/A, 26), DFS
Date: Thu Feb 16 20:45:12 2012
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback

 #auto eth0
 #iface eth0 inet dhcp
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.41 metric 2
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-09-04 (165 days ago)
WpaSupplicantLog:

nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH
 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
 eth0 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
nmcli-nm:
 RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
 running 0.9.3.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled

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LCID Fire (lcid-fire) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Paul (i41bktob-launchpad-net) wrote :

This was partially resolved (for Wi-Fi) in version 0.9.2.0+git.20120126t000800.5151959-0ubuntu2.

Cf. bug 939802, which contains Valgrind data from two users and identifies the remaining issue as only occuring when mobile broadband is used.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Precise Pangolin.

Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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