gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fefec0a4ba0 ***

[commanderturner]

this came up when installing libreoffice base from software manager

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-software 3.26.1-0ubuntu2
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': double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fefec0a4ba0 ***
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 18 15:47:39 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-13 (35 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.1-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ff0253d14e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimised out>, str=0x7ff0253d1870 "double free or corruption (out)", ptr=<optimised out>, ar_ptr=<optimised out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_free (av=0x7ff025603c20 <main_arena>, p=<optimised out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4174
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimised out>) at malloc.c:3144
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fefec0a4ba0 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-13 (35 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ff0253d14e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7ff0253d1870 "double free or corruption (out)", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_free (av=0x7ff025603c20 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4174
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3144
 g_hash_table_remove_all_nodes (hash_table=hash_table@entry=0x561ef93276a0, notify=notify@entry=1, destruction=destruction@entry=0) at ../../../../glib/ghash.c:549

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Was that the snap that you installed? Did the installation work?

[commanderturner (commanderturner)]

I was using the super key to search for libre office base and it came up in the results under software, so I clicked to install it and it came up with the error and suggested I submit the bug with the info it had generated. I did this, then tried installing from command line sudo apt install libreoffice-base I think. I can't recall at this point whether it may have said it was already installed or went through the install process. In any event, when I used the super key to find libre office, base was now available and I have used it successfully with no problems. Cheers

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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