timeshift seg faults when trying to restore a backup

Bug #2115135 reported by Nick Wolf
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Bug Description

Clean install of Ubuntu 24.04 server on a Raspberry Pi 5. I used the rpi-imager to prepare the sdcard, configured my user and the wifi. It's a headless non-gui install. CLI only.
After booting up and verifying the system, I shrinked the part2 to make room for part3 (also ext4).
installed timeshift using apt
Then edited fstab and the /etc/timeshift/defaults to add the new partition.
created a backup. installed some package.
Tied to restore the backup.
It failed after answering no to grub2 re-install (seg fault)
Tried answering yes to grub2 reinstall after selecting (any) destination it segfaulted again.
After apt update, and upgrade. tried again; the result is the same.

Earlier I tried Ubuntu 25.04 server, Ubuntu 24.10 server and raspbian 64. timeshift segfaulted there as well the same way.

It seems to me that timeshift has a problem with raspberry pi 5 or with the cli operation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: timeshift 24.01.1-1build2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-1028.32-raspi 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-1028-raspi aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudArchitecture: aarch64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
Date: Sat Jun 21 21:17:45 2025
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
SourcePackage: timeshift
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.timeshift.default.json: 2025-06-21T20:31:42.657538

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