gnome-shell crashed with double free in g_datalist_clear() from g_object_unref() from clutter_event_free()

Bug #2015042 reported by errors.ubuntu.com bug bridge
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding gnome-shell. This problem was most recently seen with package version 44.0-2ubuntu2, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/2f1a309a018d04ec84a3d6699472cadf1e5e3424 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Note this is a generic double-free bucket so incorrectly appears to affect all Ubuntu series. The only current double free of interest however is in g_datalist_clear() from g_object_unref() from clutter_event_free().

summary: - /usr/bin/gnome-shell:free(): double free detected in tcache 2
+ gnome-shell crashed with double free in g_datalist_clear() from
+ g_object_unref() from clutter_event_free()
tags: removed: eoan groovy hirsute
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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