gnome-control-center assert failure: *** Error in `gnome-control-center': malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0000556f8e277810 ***

Bug #1692528 reported by Lech Jabłoński
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.24.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-20.22-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** Error in `gnome-control-center': malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0000556f8e277810 ***
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon May 22 15:28:27 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-13 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center --overview
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7fd391fd53e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 malloc_printerr (ar_ptr=0x3, ptr=<optimized out>, str=0x7fd391fd57f0 "malloc(): memory corruption (fast)", action=3) at malloc.c:5046
 _int_malloc (av=av@entry=0x7fd392208b00 <main_arena>, bytes=bytes@entry=6) at malloc.c:3421
 __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=6) at malloc.c:2925
 g_malloc () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-control-center assert failure: *** Error in `gnome-control-center': malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0000556f8e277810 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Lech Jabłoński (lech.jablonski) wrote :
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Lech Jabłoński (lech.jablonski) wrote :

Tried to run language and regional settings, to fix missing translation.

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StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=2, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7fd391fd53e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 malloc_printerr (ar_ptr=0x3, ptr=<optimized out>, str=0x7fd391fd57f0 "malloc(): memory corruption (fast)", action=3) at malloc.c:5046
 _int_malloc (av=av@entry=0x7fd392208b00 <main_arena>, bytes=bytes@entry=6) at malloc.c:3421
 __GI___libc_malloc (bytes=bytes@entry=6) at malloc.c:2925
 g_malloc (n_bytes=n_bytes@entry=6) at ../../../../glib/gmem.c:94

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Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
information type: Private → Public
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AsciiWolf (asciiwolf) wrote :

Same issue under Ubuntu 17.10, when clicking on "Region & Language".

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Jason Bagavatsingham (jason-bagavatsingham) wrote :

Can confirm @AsciiWolf's comment. Clicking "Region & Language" will cause the gnome-control-center to crash.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:3.24.2-0ubuntu2

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gnome-control-center (1:3.24.2-0ubuntu2) artful; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/52_region_language.patch:
    - Fix crash when opening Region panel in 3.24.2 (LP: #1692528)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:13:30 -0400

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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