kbuildsycoca4 assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0873df20 ***

[larrybalz]

The error message present itself after reboot from upgrade from ubuntu 10.10 to ubuntu 11.04 on HP PAVILLION DV7-4170US

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: kdelibs-bin 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0873df20 ***
Date: Thu Jun 2 07:03:59 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4 --incremental
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: kde4libs
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Title: kbuildsycoca4 assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0873df20 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-02 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0xb78118ac "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=<value optimized out>, str=<value optimized out>, ptr=0x873df20) at malloc.c:6283

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. 11.04 reached end of life on October 28, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Kubuntu releases:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Releases

Unfortunately this means that there will be no more bugfixes for 11.04. It is also recommended that you upgrade, if you have not already.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find, and thanks for your understanding.