pk-debconf-helper crashed with SIGSEGV in pk_client_helper_copy_stdout_cb()

[Erich Eickmeyer]

This happened while trying to install nvidia server packages.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: packagekit 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Oct 2 14:43:29 2021
ExecutablePath: /usr/libexec/pk-debconf-helper
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-06-10 (114 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
ProcCmdline: /usr/libexec/pk-debconf-helper
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANGUAGE=en
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f05566e8b27: mov 0x8(%rax),%rcx
 PC (0x7f05566e8b27) ok
 source "0x8(%rax)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rcx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: packagekit
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpackagekit-glib2.so.18
 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: pk-debconf-helper crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-06-14 (110 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lxd plugdev sudo
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StacktraceTop:
 pk_client_helper_copy_stdout_cb (source=<optimized out>, condition=<optimized out>, child=0x55cec85af050) at ../lib/packagekit-glib2/pk-client-helper.c:210
 g_main_dispatch (context=0x55cec85a6f30) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:3337
 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x55cec85a6f30) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4055
 g_main_context_iterate.constprop.0 (context=0x55cec85a6f30, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4131
 g_main_loop_run (loop=0x55cec85a2890) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4329

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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