screen assert failure: corrupted size vs. prev_size

[Matthias Klose]

screen scrashes when resizing the gnome terminal

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: screen 4.6.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: corrupted size vs. prev_size
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 19 17:00:55 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/screen
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-21 (179 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170921)
ProcCmdline: SCREEN
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: screen
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f634ab64b9a "%s\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (str=str@entry=0x7f634ab62c9d "corrupted size vs. prev_size") at malloc.c:5350
 _int_realloc (av=av@entry=0x7f634ad99c40 <main_arena>, oldp=oldp@entry=0x5602daf19f30, oldsize=oldsize@entry=160, nb=nb@entry=176) at malloc.c:4564
 __GI___libc_realloc (oldmem=0x5602daf19f40, bytes=154) at malloc.c:3221
 ?? ()
Title: screen assert failure: corrupted size vs. prev_size
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7f634ab64b9a "%s\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:181
 malloc_printerr (str=str@entry=0x7f634ab62c9d "corrupted size vs. prev_size") at malloc.c:5350
 _int_realloc (av=av@entry=0x7f634ad99c40 <main_arena>, oldp=oldp@entry=0x5602daf19f30, oldsize=oldsize@entry=160, nb=nb@entry=176) at malloc.c:4564
 __GI___libc_realloc (oldmem=oldmem@entry=0x5602daf19f40, bytes=bytes@entry=154) at malloc.c:3221
 xrealloc (mem=mem@entry=0x5602daf19f40 ' ' <repeats 152 times>, "\241", len=len@entry=154) at ../resize.c:624

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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