lockfile-create assert failure: *** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00000000020b10c0 ***

[Melissa Goings]

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: lockfile-progs 0.1.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00000000020b10c0 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Jul 3 18:35:33 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lockfile-create
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: lockfile-create /var/lock/ntpdate
ProcEnviron:

Signal: 6
SourcePackage: lockfile-progs
StacktraceTop:
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f70d6dd5400 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (av=<value optimized out>, p=0x20b10b0) at malloc.c:6283
 _int_free (av=<value optimized out>, p=0x20b10b0) at malloc.c:4795
Title: lockfile-create assert failure: *** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x00000000020b10c0 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-03 (0 days ago)
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[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 raise (sig=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
 abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f70d6dd5400 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (av=<value optimized out>, p=0x20b10b0) at malloc.c:6283
 _int_free (av=<value optimized out>, p=0x20b10b0) at malloc.c:4795

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Bryan McLellan (btm)]

Likely duplicate of LP#941968

[dimovnike (dimovnike)]

not sure if this is relevant here, but this also happens on raspberry pi wheezy but only when I have dashes '-' in hostname. Hope this helps.