initctl crashed with SIGABRT in _dbus_header_cache_check()

[Peter Schüller]

This report is an addition to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1255610 and was created by performing

sudo kill -ABRT $(pidof initctl)

as indicated by James Hunt in #2 of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1255610.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-108.155-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-108-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 15 08:38:03 2017
ExecutablePath: /sbin/initctl
ExecutableTimestamp: 1397253525
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-20 (725 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
ProcCmdline: initctl emit plymouth-ready
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: upstart
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 dbus_message_get_reply_serial () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? ()
Title: initctl crashed with SIGABRT in dbus_message_get_reply_serial()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UpstartBugCategory: Session
UpstartRunningSessionCount: 2
UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 _dbus_header_cache_check (field=field@entry=5, header=0x7f6043d0b798) at ../../dbus/dbus-marshal-header.c:249
 _dbus_header_get_field_basic (header=0x7f6043d0b798, field=field@entry=5, type=type@entry=117, value=value@entry=0x7ffdb228c53c) at ../../dbus/dbus-marshal-header.c:1363
 dbus_message_get_reply_serial (message=<optimized out>) at ../../dbus/dbus-message.c:1092
 _dbus_connection_peek_for_reply_unlocked (client_serial=1, connection=0x7f603c0b1730) at ../../dbus/dbus-connection.c:2230
 _dbus_connection_do_iteration_unlocked (connection=connection@entry=0x7f603c0b1730, pending=pending@entry=0x7f603c0b1e00, flags=flags@entry=6, timeout_milliseconds=timeout_milliseconds@entry=-1985790869) at ../../dbus/dbus-connection.c:1227