chromium-browser core dumps unless stdin is /dev/null

[James Hunt]

Attempting to start chromium-browser results in a core dump unless stdin is /dev/null:

$ chromium-browser
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$ chromium-browser < /dev/null # XXX: here, chromium works as expected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 27 08:43:48 2012
Desktop-Session:
 DESKTOP_SESSION = ubuntu-2d
 XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu-2d:/etc/xdg
 XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/ubuntu-2d:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
Env:
 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /home/james/lib:/usr/local/lib:/home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib32
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (45 days ago)
chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""