du crashed with SIGABRT in leave_dir()

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: coreutils 8.13-3ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-31.52~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 25 22:57:29 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/du
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: du -sh /media/Learn/ebook_Tutorial/
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: coreutils
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 fts_read ()
Title: du crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 leave_dir (ent=<optimized out>, fts=<optimized out>) at fts-cycle.c:143
 fts_build (sp=0x14e01f0, type=3) at fts.c:1322
 fts_read (sp=0x14e01f0) at fts.c:902
 du_files (bit_flags=280, files=<optimized out>) at du.c:582
 main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at du.c:985

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Francis M (fmcbra)]

Thanks for opening this bug up. I've put a hacky patch together so will leave glibc re-building overnight, I'll post a patch *if* I manage to come up with a palatable workaround.