lxpanel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()

[Charles Edward Craig, Jr.]

The lxpanel (LXDE in Ubuntu 12.04) crashed while I was editing the taskbar settings. More specifically, I was trying to add the "Manage Networks" applet to the taskbar.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lxpanel 0.5.8+git20120212-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Config_Home_LXDE:
 [Command]
 FileManager=pcmanfm %s
 Terminal=x-terminal-emulator
 Logout=lxde-logout
Date: Fri Mar 9 19:16:59 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lxpanel
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: lxpanel --profile LXDE
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fb991f0ee21: movdqu (%rdi),%xmm1
 PC (0x7fb991f0ee21) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0xffffffff93ddf918) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%xmm1" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: lxpanel
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 g_strdup () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 netproc_scandevice () from /usr/lib/lxpanel/plugins/netstat.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/lxpanel/plugins/netstat.so
 plugin_start ()
Title: lxpanel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_strdup()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_strdup (str=0xffffffff93ddf918 <Address 0xffffffff93ddf918 out of bounds>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.20/./glib/gstrfuncs.c:355
 netproc_scandevice (sockfd=17, iwsockfd=18, fp=0x16a2400, netdev_list=0x16a2680) at devproc.c:369
 netstat_constructor (p=0x15753f0, fp=<optimized out>) at netstat.c:434
 plugin_start (pl=0x15753f0, fp=<optimized out>) at plugin.c:189
 on_add_plugin_response (dlg=0x157b2a0, response=<optimized out>, _view=0x15ee8d0) at configurator.c:548

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for lxpanel (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]