[network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in get_selected_object()

[Jacob Henner]

Crashes when trying to adjust wifi network from within dialog

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 21 14:32:44 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.4)
ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center network connect-8021x-wifi /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/0
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f91b756afc5: mov 0x10(%rax),%rdi
 PC (0x7f91b756afc5) ok
 source "0x10(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaba) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rdi" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libnetwork.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libnetwork.so
 g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
 g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
Title: [network]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-19 (1 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom debian-tor dip lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare sudo
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
 deja-dup 23.92-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.17-0ubuntu1
 indicator-datetime 12.10.1-0ubuntu1

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 get_selected_object (panel=panel@entry=0x7f91e3902620) at cc-network-panel.c:326
 wimax_enabled_toggled (client=0x7f91e3b94a10, pspec=<optimized out>, panel=0x7f91e3902620) at cc-network-panel.c:1438
 g_closure_invoke (closure=0x7f91e3f57820, return_value=0x0, n_param_values=2, param_values=0x7fffee293680, invocation_hint=0x7fffee293620) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gclosure.c:777
 signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=node@entry=0x7f91e38c5da0, detail=detail@entry=2036, instance=instance@entry=0x7f91e3b94a10, emission_return=emission_return@entry=0x0, instance_and_params=instance_and_params@entry=0x7fffee293680) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gsignal.c:3551
 g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x7f91e3b94a10, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=2036, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7fffee2938d8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.33.14/./gobject/gsignal.c:3300

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions