update-notifier-kde.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer()

Bug #424427 reported by tdn
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde

Crashes on reboot.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/python-support/update-notifier-kde/update-notifier-kde.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-notifier-kde 0.19
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/update-notifier-kde
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier-kde
StacktraceTop:
 pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer ()
 pkgDepCache::Init ()
 pkgCacheFile::Open ()
 TmpGetCache ()
 PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
Title: update-notifier-kde.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fad06e568d8 <_ZN9pkgPolicy15GetCandidateVerEN8pkgCache11PkgIteratorE+200>: mov 0xc(%r9),%eax
 PC (0x7fad06e568d8) ok
 source "0xc(%r9)" (0x23bc20edfc) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA

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tdn (spam-thomasdamgaard) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer (this=0x29f12c0, Pkg=
pkgDepCache::Init (this=0x29bf9b0,
pkgCacheFile::Open (this=0x2997f20,
TmpGetCache (Self=<value optimized out>,
PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=0x2867cd0,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in update-notifier-kde (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Looks like a crash in the apt libraries.

visibility: private → public
affects: update-notifier-kde (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Kees Cook (kees)
description: updated
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