WebKitWebProcess crashed with SIGSEGV in WTFCrash()

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 2.19.91-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-041500rc7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 27 10:24:38 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitWebProcess
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (129 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitWebProcess 1 38
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f3dde11674c <WTFCrash+28>: movl $0x0,(%rax)
 PC (0x7f3dde11674c) ok
 source "$0x0" ok
 destination "(%rax)" (0xbbadbeef) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: webkit2gtk
StacktraceTop:
 WTFCrash () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0.so.18
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37
Title: WebKitWebProcess crashed with SIGSEGV in WTFCrash()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-11-21 (98 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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StacktraceTop:
 WTFCrash () at ./Source/WTF/wtf/Assertions.cpp:272
 WebKit::WebProcess::ensureNetworkProcessConnection (this=this@entry=0x559b13ad80e0) at ./Source/WebKit/WebProcess/WebProcess.cpp:1127
 WebKit::WebProcess::initializeWebProcess (this=0x559b13ad80e0, parameters=...) at ./Source/WebKit/WebProcess/WebProcess.cpp:383
 IPC::callMemberFunctionImpl<WebKit::WebProcess, void (WebKit::WebProcess::*)(WebKit::WebProcessCreationParameters&&), std::tuple<WebKit::WebProcessCreationParameters>, 0ul> (args=..., function=<optimized out>, object=0x559b13ad80e0) at ./Source/WebKit/Platform/IPC/HandleMessage.h:40
 IPC::callMemberFunction<WebKit::WebProcess, void (WebKit::WebProcess::*)(WebKit::WebProcessCreationParameters&&), std::tuple<WebKit::WebProcessCreationParameters>, std::integer_sequence<unsigned long, 0ul> > (function=<optimized out>, object=0x559b13ad80e0, args=...) at ./Source/WebKit/Platform/IPC/HandleMessage.h:46

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Kenneth Long (kelargo1000)]

happened to me, too

[Willem Hobers (whobers)]

Testing Xubuntu 18.04 daily, Linux Xubuntu-18-04 4.15.0-13-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 17 13:44:27 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[vmc (vmclark)]

System: Host: bionic Kernel: 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31)
           Distro: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)

[vmc (vmclark)]

Latest crash from the latest xubuntu 18.04 beta version

[Leigh (b-leigh)]

Testing Xubuntu 18.04 Daily

[vmc (vmclark)]

I find that only google-chrome causes the webkit crash. I used Firefox on both lxde and xfce without out ever experiencing the crash.

[Tony Molloy (tmolloy)]

Happened when I selected Run for the Groovy live USB boot