gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': malloc() (gs_plugin_action_stop)

[Randall Snyder]

I answered the question about reporting this bug in the affirmative. When I changed the setting on CPU view from compact is when the message to report this as a bug popped up.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-software 3.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00007f947801d4b0 ***
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 15 14:44:43 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f94a95994e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7f94a9595eb0 "malloc(): memory corruption", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_malloc (av=av@entry=0x7f946c000020, bytes=bytes@entry=1024) at malloc.c:3740
 __libc_calloc (n=<optimized out>, elem_size=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3438
 g_malloc0 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00007f947801d4b0 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f94a95994e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7f94a9595eb0 "malloc(): memory corruption", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_malloc (av=av@entry=0x7f946c000020, bytes=bytes@entry=1024) at malloc.c:3740
 __libc_calloc (n=n@entry=1, elem_size=elem_size@entry=1024) at malloc.c:3438
 g_malloc0 (n_bytes=1024) at ../../../../glib/gmem.c:124

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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