gnome-session crashed with SIGSEGV in getaddrinfo()

Bug #312837 reported by Raphaël F.
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
glibc (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-session

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

 apt-cache policy gnome-session
gnome-session:
  Installé : 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidat : 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu2
  Table de version :
 *** 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Several segmentation fault occured on programs after I had a problem with /etc/hosts file that contained more than 287.500 lines that made the session crashing. Removing hosts file with a backup corrected the problem.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-session
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ath_hal
Package: gnome-session 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/bin/gnome-session usr/bin/gnome-session-save usr/bin/gnome-session-remove usr/bin/gnome-session-properties]
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: x-session-manager
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/rflores/bin:/opt/OpenPrinting-Gutenprint/sbin:/opt/OpenPrinting-Gutenprint/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-session
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 getaddrinfo () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 SmsGenerateClientID () from /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
 ?? ()
 _SmsProcessMessage () from /usr/lib/libSM.so.6
Title: gnome-session crashed with SIGSEGV in getaddrinfo()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-22-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner tape video

Tags: apport-crash
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Raphaël F. (rflores) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:gaih_inet () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
getaddrinfo () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
SmsGenerateClientID (smsConn=0x82c7a50)
register_client (connection=0x82c7a50, data=0x82bcfc8,
_SmsProcessMessage (iceConn=0x82c0ed0, clientData=0x82c7a50,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the crash is a glibc call, reassigning the bug

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version has died long ago; no more supported

Changed in glibc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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