udisks-daemon when trying to erase media crashed with signal 5 in g_realloc()

[penalvch]

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

2) apt-cache policy usb-creator-gtk
usb-creator-gtk:
  Installed: 0.2.40ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.2.40ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.2.40ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen is when one types at a terminal:
usb-creator-gtk

highlight the SanDisk Cruzer Blade (/dev/sdb1) -> click button Erase Disk -> button Yes -> type in credentials and the USB disk is erased.

4) What happens instead is a window pops up noting:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Then immediately click the button Open and crashes consistently.

WORKAROUND: Erase/Format via gparted.
apt-cache policy gparted
gparted:
  Installed: 0.12.1-1
  Candidate: 0.12.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.12.1-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

sudo lsusb -v
[CUT]
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade
Device Descriptor:
  bLength 18
  bDescriptorType 1
  bcdUSB 2.00
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 64
  idVendor 0x0781 SanDisk Corp.
  idProduct 0x5567 Cruzer Blade
  bcdDevice 1.00
  iManufacturer 1 SanDisk
  iProduct 2 Cruzer Blade
  iSerial 3 2005355082076CB031B6
  bNumConfigurations 1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength 9
    bDescriptorType 2
    wTotalLength 32
    bNumInterfaces 1
    bConfigurationValue 1
    iConfiguration 0
    bmAttributes 0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower 200mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength 9
      bDescriptorType 4
      bInterfaceNumber 0
      bAlternateSetting 0
      bNumEndpoints 2
      bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface 0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes 2
          Transfer Type Bulk
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
        bInterval 0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength 7
        bDescriptorType 5
        bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes 2
          Transfer Type Bulk
          Synch Type None
          Usage Type Data
        wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
        bInterval 1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength 10
  bDescriptorType 6
  bcdUSB 2.00
  bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass 0
  bDeviceProtocol 0
  bMaxPacketSize0 64
  bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: udisks 1.0.4-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 30b6638832e19720cfe8f7a91e5798a4
CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e37fc942cd1d9fab4e
Date: Wed Dec 19 10:25:02 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-11 (191 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120131.1)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5750
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/udisks/udisks-daemon
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=fdb4fe9f-f8e3-4121-ad67-89d7f7a61f65 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor vt.handoff=7
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: udisks
StacktraceTop:
 g_realloc () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_string_insert_len () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_string_append_len () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? ()
Title: udisks-daemon crashed with signal 5 in g_realloc()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-14 (95 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.20
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: JE50_HR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.20
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.20:bd03/16/2012:svnAcer:pnAspire5750:pvrV1.20:rvnAcer:rnJE50_HR:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.20:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5750
dmi.product.version: V1.20
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

This happens in trusty but not exactly as described.
The crash only occurs if one attempts to create the startup disk *before* s-d-c has 'acknowledged' that the deleting of an existing partition on the drive is completed.
The issue is that it never does reach that point even though the the delete process has in fact been done

described here
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1273925