apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in _PyObject_GC_Malloc()

[James Deibele]

Binary package hint: update-notifier

Not sure. I'm running latest version of Lucid Lynx

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 20 07:11:37 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20091209)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-notifier-common 0.92
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4d0ab8: testb $0x40,0xa9(%rax)
 PC (0x004d0ab8) ok
 source "$0x40" ok
 destination "0xa9(%rax)" (0x000000ab) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 _PyObject_GC_Malloc ()
 _PyObject_GC_New ()
Title: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in _PyObject_GC_Malloc()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 visit_decref (op=0x7f0dc4a40a00, data=0x0) at ../Modules/gcmodule.c:271
 func_traverse (f=0x7f0dc49cd398,
 collect (generation=0) at ../Modules/gcmodule.c:296
 _PyObject_GC_Malloc (
 _PyObject_GC_New (tp=0x86f000)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Mörgæs (moergaes)]

Closing due to age.
If a similar bug appears in Ubuntu 14.04 please open a new report.