cpufreqd assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/cpufreqd: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001870bb0 ***

[Csaba Gerencsér]

This happens after login, when the indicator-cpufreq is starting.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cpufreqd 2.4.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/cpufreqd: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001870bb0 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Mar 7 08:29:19 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/cpufreqd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/cpufreqd -f /etc/cpufreqd.conf
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: cpufreqd
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f5e793d3250 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:201
 malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7f5e793d0201 "free(): invalid pointer", ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5007
 sysfs_read_attribute () from /lib/libsysfs.so.2
 read_value () from /usr/lib/cpufreqd/cpufreqd_acpi.so
 read_int () from /usr/lib/cpufreqd/cpufreqd_acpi.so
Title: cpufreqd assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/cpufreqd: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0000000001870bb0 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-11 (0 days ago)
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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #733507, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.