VirtualBox crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc_consolidate()

[Mark Jackson]

Just done a software update and reboot (to make sure I was running the latest pre-release 14.04 code), and this popped up on the desktop.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: virtualbox-qt 4.3.6-dfsg-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-21.43-generic 3.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 28 15:18:17 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox --comment WinXP --startvm 9721dc3b-7b66-4ecd-ab00-0b7f5e51c92a --no-startvm-errormsgbox
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f37d7010685 <malloc_consolidate+133>: cmp 0x18(%rax),%r12
 PC (0x7f37d7010685) ok
 source "0x18(%rax)" (0x00000018) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%r12" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: virtualbox
StacktraceTop:
 malloc_consolidate (av=av@entry=0x7f37d7350760 <main_arena>) at malloc.c:4165
 _int_free (av=0x7f37d7350760 <main_arena>, p=<optimised out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4057
 draw_destroy () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgallium.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/nouveau_dri.so
Title: VirtualBox crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc_consolidate()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 malloc_consolidate (av=av@entry=0x7f37d7350760 <main_arena>) at malloc.c:4165
 _int_free (av=0x7f37d7350760 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at malloc.c:4057
 draw_destroy (draw=0x209c610) at ../../../../../src/gallium/auxiliary/draw/draw_context.c:220
 st_destroy_draw (st=st@entry=0x2083e70) at ../../../../src/mesa/state_tracker/st_draw.c:318
 st_destroy_context_priv (st=0x2083e70) at ../../../../src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c:254

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

please try 5.0.6 from my ppa
https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/locutusofborg-ppa/