GNUSound crashes when starting it up due to buffer overflow being detect

[Eric de Vries]

Binary package hint: gnusound

Just installed it on Xubuntu, tried to start it up but it never came further than an empty window. The bugreport shows something about an assertion error with a buffer overflow. Other sound programs work perfectly.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/gnusound.real terminated
Date: Sun Nov 8 21:35:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnusound.real
Package: gnusound 0.7.5-2
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnusound.real
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-genUser Name
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnusound
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __fortify_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: gnusound.real assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/gnusound.real terminated
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:__kernel_vsyscall ()
*__GI_raise (sig=6)
*__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
__libc_message (do_abort=2,
*__GI___fortify_fail (

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for reporting this bug and for the supporting documents.

I attempted this in a VirtualBox installation, with the results that each time I attempt to start Gnusound, the machine restarts immediately.

Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!