empathy assert failure: *** glibc detected *** empathy: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0a36b1a0 ***

Bug #562692 reported by Rimaruz
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empathy (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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farsight2 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: empathy

does not close immediately, takes too long. There are car parks and then flashes a message saying that it has closed suddenly

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: empathy 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-20.30-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** empathy: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0a36b1a0 ***
Date: Tue Apr 13 20:02:57 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcCmdline: empathy
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=es_PE.UTF-8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: empathy
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libcanberra-0.22/libcanberra-pulse.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
Title: empathy assert failure: *** glibc detected *** empathy: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0a36b1a0 ***
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

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Rimaruz (richardrz007) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Possible regression detected

This crash has the same stack trace characteristics as bug #427522. However, the latter was already fixed in an earlier package version than the one in this report. This might be a regression or because the problem is in a dependent package.

tags: added: regression-retracer
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
visibility: private → public
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Brian Curtis (bcurtiswx) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please update empathy to the most recent version and please let us know if this is still an issue for you.

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

affects: empathy (Ubuntu) → farsight2 (Ubuntu)
Changed in farsight2 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for farsight2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in farsight2 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Siddhant Saraf (siddhantsaraf) wrote :

Attached a valgrind log from having a similar crash.

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Siddhant Saraf (siddhantsaraf) wrote :

I had a very similar crash recently. See bug #926539.

Changed in farsight2 (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → Confirmed
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Bilal Shahid (s9iper1) wrote :

@ siddhant
can you please tell me the steps to reproduce it?

Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in farsight2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in empathy (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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