gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': realloc(): invalid old size: 0x00007f7381cda4b0 ***

[Joachim Behrendt]

Software app terminates while installing Atom
starting Atom leeds to crash
I am trying to solve the problem using the bash

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-software 3.26.5-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': realloc(): invalid old size: 0x00007f7381cda4b0 ***
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 6 16:42:52 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-software
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-31 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180129)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.26.5-1ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-software
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f73b48b04e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7f73b48acf23 "realloc(): invalid old size", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_realloc (av=av@entry=0x7f7380000020, oldp=oldp@entry=0x7f7381cda4a0, oldsize=oldsize@entry=724235115076526096, nb=nb@entry=2177745088) at malloc.c:4574
 __GI___libc_realloc (oldmem=0x7f7381cda4b0, bytes=2177745072) at malloc.c:3245
 g_realloc () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: gnome-software assert failure: *** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-software': realloc(): invalid old size: 0x00007f7381cda4b0 ***
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=0x7f73b48b04e8 "*** Error in `%s': %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0x7f73b48acf23 "realloc(): invalid old size", ptr=<optimized out>, ar_ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:5425
 _int_realloc (av=av@entry=0x7f7380000020, oldp=oldp@entry=0x7f7381cda4a0, oldsize=oldsize@entry=724235115076526096, nb=nb@entry=2177745088) at malloc.c:4574
 __GI___libc_realloc (oldmem=0x7f7381cda4b0, bytes=bytes@entry=2177745072) at malloc.c:3245
 g_realloc (mem=<optimized out>, n_bytes=2177745072) at ../../../../glib/gmem.c:159

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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