gdb crashed with SIGSEGV in lookup_objfile_from_block()

[Muelli]

I was debugging V8

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gdb 7.6~20130417-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 12 18:38:50 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdb
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-25 (48 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: gdb --args out/x64.debug/cctest test-ast
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x5980cd <lookup_objfile_from_block+84>: mov 0x10(%rax),%rax
 PC (0x005980cd) ok
 source "0x10(%rax)" (0x00000010) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gdb
Stacktrace:
 #0 0x00000000005980cd in lookup_objfile_from_block ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258
StacktraceTop: lookup_objfile_from_block ()
ThreadStacktrace:
 .
 Thread 1 (LWP 1800):
 #0 0x00000000005980cd in lookup_objfile_from_block ()
 No symbol table info available.
 Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258
Title: gdb crashed with SIGSEGV in lookup_objfile_from_block()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxsf

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Stacktrace:
 #0 0x00000000005980cd in lookup_objfile_from_block (block=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed238>, block@entry=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258>) at /build/buildd/gdb-7.6~20130417/gdb/symtab.c:1455
         obj = <error reading variable obj (Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed240)>
         s = <error reading variable s (Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed248)>
 Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258
StacktraceSource:
 #0 0x00000000005980cd in lookup_objfile_from_block (block=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed238>, block@entry=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258>) at /build/buildd/gdb-7.6~20130417/gdb/symtab.c:1455
   [Error: /build/buildd/gdb-7.6~20130417/gdb/symtab.c was not found in source tree]
StacktraceTop: lookup_objfile_from_block (block=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed238>, block@entry=<error reading variable: Cannot access memory at address 0x7fff1f4ed258>) at /build/buildd/gdb-7.6~20130417/gdb/symtab.c:1455

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

closing this issue; please recheck with gdb in 14.04 LTS and 14.10. Feel free to re-open the issue if the problem persists.