I got the same crash again today. However, this crash seems to have little to do with the original reporter's crash, if you compare the stacktraces: *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/pidgin: corrupted double-linked list: 0x000000000166f460 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/libc.so.6[0x7f5413c20a8e] /lib/libc.so.6[0x7f5413c228f1] /lib/libc.so.6[0x7f5413c23d14] /lib/libc.so.6(realloc+0x12e)[0x7f5413c24dae] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_realloc+0x2e)[0x7f541447593e] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f541555dbf3] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_accel_group_connect_by_path+0xf0)[0x7f541555e5c0] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_set_accel_path+0x167)[0x7f5415733f47] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f5415630795] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f54156308d0] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7f541470527d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7f541471a723] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e2)[0x7f541471c432] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7f541471c953] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_set_parent+0x173)[0x7f5415736ff3] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f541562ac0a] /usr/bin/pidgin[0x437ee7] /usr/bin/pidgin(pidgin_blist_update_plugin_actions+0x1aa)[0x43813a] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit_vargs+0xb0)[0x7f54141b3830] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_signal_emit+0x92)[0x7f54141b3a72] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_plugin_unload+0x277)[0x7f541419f387] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_plugin_destroy+0x25)[0x7f541419f4f5] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_plugins_destroy_all+0x18)[0x7f541419f6e8] /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_core_quit+0xe7)[0x7f541418fea7] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7f541470527d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7f541471ae3b] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x7e2)[0x7f541471c432] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7f541471c953] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_widget_activate+0x6b)[0x7f54157339eb] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_menu_shell_activate_item+0xfd)[0x7f5415633e2d] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f5415635875] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f5415625df8] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x16d)[0x7f541470527d] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0[0x7f541471ab1e] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x66d)[0x7f541471c2bd] /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x83)[0x7f541471c953] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f541572e09e] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_propagate_event+0xe3)[0x7f541561e693] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main_do_event+0x2e3)[0x7f541561f7b3] /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x7f5415298f3c] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x24a)[0x7f541446d20a] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x7f54144708e0] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1cd)[0x7f5414470dad] /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xa7)[0x7f541561fbc7] /usr/bin/pidgin(main+0x773)[0x47dc83] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7f5413bc65a6] /usr/bin/pidgin[0x430ac9] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-004d4000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8282341 /usr/bin/pidgin 006d3000-006d4000 r--p 000d3000 09:02 8282341 /usr/bin/pidgin 006d4000-006d9000 rw-p 000d4000 09:02 8282341 /usr/bin/pidgin 006d9000-006da000 rw-p 006d9000 00:00 0 012bb000-025f3000 rw-p 012bb000 00:00 0 [heap] 7f53e0000000-7f53e0085000 rw-p 7f53e0000000 00:00 0 7f53e0085000-7f53e4000000 ---p 7f53e0085000 00:00 0 7f53e6aa4000-7f53e7b00000 r--p 00000000 09:02 10141794 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/ukai.ttc 7f53e8b02000-7f53e8b03000 ---p 7f53e8b02000 00:00 0 7f53e8b03000-7f53e9303000 rw-p 7f53e8b03000 00:00 0 7f53e9303000-7f53e9304000 ---p 7f53e9303000 00:00 0 7f53e9304000-7f53e9b04000 rw-p 7f53e9304000 00:00 0 7f53ea31c000-7f53ea641000 r--p 00000000 09:02 9569902 /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 7f53ea641000-7f53eacc0000 r--p 00000000 09:02 10256590 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 7f53eacc0000-7f53eb307000 r--p 00000000 09:02 10182658 /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache 7f53eb307000-7f53eb308000 ---p 7f53eb307000 00:00 0 7f53eb308000-7f53ebb08000 rw-p 7f53eb308000 00:00 0 7f53ebb08000-7f53ebbe1000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8291494 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 7f53ebbe1000-7f53ebde1000 ---p 000d9000 09:02 8291494 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 7f53ebde1000-7f53ebde4000 r--p 000d9000 09:02 8291494 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 7f53ebde4000-7f53ebde8000 rw-p 000dc000 09:02 8291494 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0 7f53ebde8000-7f53ebdff000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8470930 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so 7f53ebdff000-7f53ebffe000 ---p 00017000 09:02 8470930 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so 7f53ebffe000-7f53ebfff000 r--p 00016000 09:02 8470930 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so 7f53ebfff000-7f53ec000000 rw-p 00017000 09:02 8470930 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstalsa.so 7f53ec000000-7f53ec09e000 rw-p 7f53ec000000 00:00 0 7f53ec09e000-7f53f0000000 ---p 7f53ec09e000 00:00 0 7f53f0215000-7f53f023b000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8290579 /usr/lib/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0.19.0 7f53f023b000-7f53f043a000 ---p 00026000 09:02 8290579 /usr/lib/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0.19.0 7f53f043a000-7f53f043b000 r--p 00025000 09:02 8290579 /usr/lib/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0.19.0 7f53f043b000-7f53f043c000 rw-p 00026000 09:02 8290579 /usr/lib/libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0.19.0 7f53f043c000-7f53f0440000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8470921 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvolume.so 7f53f0440000-7f53f0640000 ---p 00004000 09:02 8470921 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvolume.so 7f53f0640000-7f53f0641000 r--p 00004000 09:02 8470921 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvolume.so 7f53f0641000-7f53f0642000 rw-p 00005000 09:02 8470921 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvolume.so 7f53f0642000-7f53f06b4000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8291095 /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.3.0 7f53f06b4000-7f53f08b3000 ---p 00072000 09:02 8291095 /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.3.0 7f53f08b3000-7f53f08b4000 r--p 00071000 09:02 8291095 /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.3.0 7f53f08b4000-7f53f08cf000 rw-p 00072000 09:02 8291095 /usr/lib/liboil-0.3.so.0.3.0 7f53f08cf000-7f53f08d1000 rw-p 7f53f08cf000 00:00 0 7f53f08d1000-7f53f08df000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8470703 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioresample.so 7f53f08df000-7f53f0adf000 ---p 0000e000 09:02 8470703 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioresample.so 7f53f0adf000-7f53f0ae0000 r--p 0000e000 09:02 8470703 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioresample.so 7f53f0ae0000-7f53f0ae2000 rw-p 0000f000 09:02 8470703 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioresample.so 7f53f0ae2000-7f53f0af2000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8470591 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so 7f53f0af2000-7f53f0cf1000 ---p 00010000 09:02 8470591 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so 7f53f0cf1000-7f53f0cf2000 r--p 0000f000 09:02 8470591 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so 7f53f0cf2000-7f53f0cf3000 rw-p 00010000 09:02 8470591 /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so 7f53f0cf3000-7f53f0cff000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8291639 /usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f0cff000-7f53f0efe000 ---p 0000c000 09:02 8291639 /usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f0efe000-7f53f0eff000 r--p 0000b000 09:02 8291639 /usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f0eff000-7f53f0f00000 rw-p 0000c000 09:02 8291639 /usr/lib/libgstinterfaces-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f0f00000-7f53f0f10000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8291659 /usr/lib/libgsttag-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f0f10000-7f53f1110000 ---p 00010000 09:02 8291659 /usr/lib/libgsttag-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1110000-7f53f1111000 r--p 00010000 09:02 8291659 /usr/lib/libgsttag-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1111000-7f53f1112000 rw-p 00011000 09:02 8291659 /usr/lib/libgsttag-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1112000-7f53f1132000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8290935 /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1132000-7f53f1331000 ---p 00020000 09:02 8290935 /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1331000-7f53f1332000 r--p 0001f000 09:02 8290935 /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1332000-7f53f1333000 rw-p 00020000 09:02 8290935 /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f1333000-7f53f133e000 r-xp 00000000 09:02 8291643 /usr/lib/libgstriff-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f133e000-7f53f153d000 ---p 0000b000 09:02 8291643 /usr/lib/libgstriff-0.10.so.0.16.0 7f53f153d000-7 Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007f5413bdafb5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6