lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in quit_timeout_cb()

[Fabio Della Lena]

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: lightdm 1.7.8-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-031100rc3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Jul 31 00:29:44 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/lightdm
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-23 (738 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426)
LightdmConfig:
 [SeatDefaults]
 greeter-session=unity-greeter
 user-session=ubuntu
 autologin-user=
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: lightdm
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x40e47d: movl $0x0,0x20(%rax)
 PC (0x0040e47d) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "0x20(%rax)" (0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaca) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: lightdm
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
Title: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-10 (19 days ago)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 quit_timeout_cb (process=0x1668970, process@entry=<error reading variable: value has been optimized out>) at process.c:254
 g_timeout_dispatch (source=source@entry=0x1690700, callback=<optimized out>, user_data=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.37.3/./glib/gmain.c:4443
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x1664fc0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.37.3/./glib/gmain.c:3058
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x1664fc0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.37.3/./glib/gmain.c:3634
 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x1664fc0, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.37.3/./glib/gmain.c:3705

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.8.1-0ubuntu1

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lightdm (1.8.1-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Fix crash where Process objects are accessed after unref (LP: #1207935)
 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:34:13 +1300

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Fabio, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lightdm into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.2.3-0ubuntu2.7 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.7

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lightdm (1.2.3-0ubuntu2.7) precise; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/15_gsources.patch:
    - Correctly remove GSources on finalize (LP: #1431654)

lightdm (1.2.3-0ubuntu2.6) precise; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/09_close_pipes.patch:
    - Close pipes correctly (LP: #1190344)
  * debian/patches/10_conf_section_name.patch:
    - Correct section name in default users.conf (LP: #1069218)
  * debian/patches/11_quit_timeout.patch:
    - Destroy quit timeout when a process object is destroyed - fixes a crash
      where a deleted Process object might be accessed after a timeout
      (LP: #1207935)
  * debian/patches/12_layout_no_x11.patch:
    - Handle not getting an X connection when attempting to get X layouts
      (LP: #1235915)
  * debian/patches/13_introspection_makefile.patch:
    - Fix introspection build with newer versions of g-ir-scanner
  * debian/patches/14_compile_warnings.patch:
    - Fix compile warnings
 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:21:43 +1300

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for lightdm has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.