gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `gnome-software': free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00005618cab12780 ***

[John Dickes]

Conditions: I just installed software I downloaded from the internet, Torguard. The installation was flawless and the application worked. I opened some apps (firefox, torguard) then went back to software center and clicked the Back arrow Icon. The window of software center disappeared and I received the error dialog.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-software 3.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** Error in `gnome-software': free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00005618cab12780 ***
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Oct 16 09:17:12 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-25 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170925.1)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: gnome-software --local-filename=/tmp/mozilla_xuaru0/torguard-latest-amd64.deb
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 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=0x7ff5314d74e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7ff5314d78b8 "free(): invalid next size (fast)", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_free (av=0x7ff531709c20 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4174
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3144
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `gnome-software': free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00005618cab12780 ***
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=0x7ff5314d74e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7ff5314d78b8 "free(): invalid next size (fast)", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_free (av=0x7ff531709c20 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4174
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3144
 g_free (mem=<optimized out>) at ../../../../glib/gmem.c:189