firefox locks up in sqlite3_finalize

[Camille Appert]

Hi, my Firefox browser randomly lock up when consuming 100% CPU (1 full core on 2 cores) and writing on disk at 3 to 5MB/s (according to iotop).

attached is a backtrace print by attaching gdb during a lockup.
I have several of these, including from firefox 13.

Looking at the gdb output I also see lot of thread creation/destruction.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: bibinou 2014 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120713224749
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf9ff8000 irq 44'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1043829f,00100002'
   Controls : 46
   Simple ctrls : 22
Channel: Unavailable
Date: Thu Jul 19 13:26:03 2012
DefaultProfilePrefSources:
 prefs.js
 user.js
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.144 metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MostRecentCrashID: bp-faae5ce5-6494-4751-9089-184fd2120430
Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
 Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=14.0.1/20120713224749 (In use)
 Profile1 - LastVersion=3.6/20100218182626 (Out of date)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.1
 kopete 4:4.8.4-0ubuntu0.1
 gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-10 (159 days ago)
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0804
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5KC
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0804:bd10/30/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5KC:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5KC:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5KC
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Camille Appert (bibinou)]

I see the backtrace I took yesterday is actually different from the one from today, so I'm adding it.

[Camille Appert (bibinou)]

Looks very much like this bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/927515

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Camille Appert (bibinou)]

People affected, do you have the ReaditLater / GetPocket extension installed ?

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. This bug was reported some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

Does anyone still see a problem related to the one that was reported when using a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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