lshw assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/lshw terminated

[Michał Sawicz]

My laptop started hanging on suspend every once in a while.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: lshw 02.17-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/lshw terminated
Date: Wed Nov 5 10:25:35 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lshw
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/lshw -xml -quiet
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: lshw
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7effc11564a6 "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 __GI___fortify_fail (msg=<optimized out>, msg@entry=0x7effc115648e "stack smashing detected") at fortify_fail.c:37
 __stack_chk_fail () at stack_chk_fail.c:28
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: lshw assert failure: *** stack smashing detected ***: /usr/bin/lshw terminated
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=do_abort@entry=1, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7effc11564a6 "*** %s ***: %s terminated\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:175
 __GI___fortify_fail (msg=<optimized out>, msg@entry=0x7effc115648e "stack smashing detected") at fortify_fail.c:37
 __stack_chk_fail () at stack_chk_fail.c:28
 scan_fat (n=..., id=...) at fat.cc:295
 ?? ()

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[A. Richard Miller (themillers)]

So far on my computer, it's only crashed lshw; the Ubuntu 15.04 remains functioning.

[JMB (jmb-tux)]

This bug affects me, too.
As user (WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate), it yields output an terminates correctly.
But 'su lshw' yields the crash and the reported error message:
   *** stack smashing detected ***: lshw terminated

I found the same behaviour with xpaint when moving a selected region and reported the bug:
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xpaint/+bug/1440115
Maybe this is related and shows a general problem with Vivid - so I would be interested if others
can reproduce this bug, too.

It this is related, maybe this even affects security ... so an experienced devoloper should look after that issue.

Regards,

JMB

[MinceyPie (murderousmincepie)]

I'm also affected by this bug, however it only occours when playing AAC files for me MP3 and FLAC play without issue.

The only messages I get in terminal are
"*** stack smashing detected ***: clementine terminated", it then hangs for a moment followed by it crashing entirely. I'm on Xubuntu 15.04.