gnome-shell crashes with a segfault related to libgjs.so.0.0.0

[Hassan El Jacifi]

May 16 11:29:51 Jupiter kernel: [492136.689777] gnome-shell[10395]: segfault at 7fe166ffffe8 ip 00007fe2040fe0f5 sp 00007ffe4d36dc20 error 4 in libgjs.so.0.0.0[7fe2040d6000+b9000]
May 16 17:17:56 Jupiter kernel: [ 3550.551095] gnome-shell[2873]: segfault at 7f91580fffe8 ip 00007f91def2f0f5 sp 00007ffe6d0038e0 error 4 in libgjs.so.0.0.0[7f91def07000+b9000]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue May 16 17:29:02 2017
DisplayManager: lightdm
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-01 (1901 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Hassan El Jacifi (waver)]

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Reading symbols from /tmp/apport_sandbox_cwfO8f//usr/bin/gnome-shell...Reading symbols from /tmp/apport_sandbox_cwfO8f/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/45/26aaac0fae123c090a721d952bf50e586a77d6.debug...done.
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warning: Could not load shared library symbols for 10 libraries, e.g. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjs.so.0.
Use the "info sharedlibrary" command to see the complete listing.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Core was generated by `/usr/bin/gnome-shell'.
Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 js::GCMethods<JSObject*>::needsPostBarrier (v=0x7f0e35287d80) at /usr/include/mozjs-38/js/RootingAPI.h:663
663 /usr/include/mozjs-38/js/RootingAPI.h: No such file or directory.
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(gdb) bt
#0 js::GCMethods<JSObject*>::needsPostBarrier (v=0x7f0e35287d80) at /usr/include/mozjs-38/js/RootingAPI.h:663
#1 JS::Heap<JSObject*>::set (newPtr=0x0, this=0x5642a5d6dcf0) at /usr/include/mozjs-38/js/RootingAPI.h:296
#2 JS::Heap<JSObject*>::operator= (p=<optimized out>, this=0x5642a5d6dcf0) at /usr/include/mozjs-38/js/RootingAPI.h:266
#3 GjsMaybeOwned<JSObject*>::reset (this=0x5642a5d6dce0) at ./gjs/jsapi-util-root.h:266
#4 closure_clear_idle (data=0x5642a5d6dcb0) at gi/closure.cpp:132
#5 0x00007f0eb2ffd22a in g_main_dispatch (context=0x56429f4c2a40) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:3203
#6 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x56429f4c2a40) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:3856
#7 0x00007f0eb2ffd5e0 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x56429f4c2a40, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:3929
#8 0x00007f0eb2ffd902 in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x56429f9325e0) at ../../../../glib/gmain.c:4125
#9 0x00007f0eb47b78ec in meta_run () at core/main.c:646
#10 0x000056429f2741a7 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at main.c:454

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks, nice work. This confirms it is bug 1689863.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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