plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

[Dave W.]

Ubuntu Gnome used. Suddenly this bug started to show up soon after login. Began after empathy was opened.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: plymouth 0.8.8-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.18-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Oct 9 12:05:17 2013
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-logo/ubuntu-gnome-logo.plymouth
ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-20 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130919)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=e9a7b3d0-ba32-42f9-8db4-1ac397d00636 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: @sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=e9a7b3d0-ba32-42f9-8db4-1ac397d00636 ro quiet splash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f273c908430 <script_obj_deref_direct>: cmpl $0x1,(%rdi)
 PC (0x7f273c908430) ok
 source "$0x1" ok
 destination "(%rdi)" (0x726f207465792079) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: plymouth
StacktraceTop:
 script_obj_deref_direct () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/script.so
 script_obj_as_custom () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/script.so
 script_execute_object () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/script.so
 script_lib_plymouth_on_display_message () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/script.so
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/plymouth/script.so
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-text/ubuntu-gnome-text.plymouth
Title: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 02/23/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.26
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 144E
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 66.31
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0193FGY
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.26:bd02/23/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv5NotebookPC:pvr048C100000242D10000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn144E:rvrKBCVersion66.31:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 048C100000242D10000020000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1032932, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.