yelp assert failure: *** glibc detected *** yelp: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0xacb71ea0 ***

[Dmitry Shachnev]

This happens every time when I try to search in Yelp.

*** glibc detected *** yelp: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0xacb71ea0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x72ae2)[0x726ae2]
/usr/lib/libyelp.so.0(+0x1bcb8)[0x8b7cb8]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x6a453)[0x329453]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x6d4c)[0x647d4c]
/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e)[0x79d76e]

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: yelp 3.3.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** yelp: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0xacb71ea0 ***
Date: Mon Mar 5 18:58:43 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
ProcCmdline: yelp
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: yelp
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x813f3c "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:201
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=<optimized out>, ptr=0xacb71ea0) at malloc.c:5007
 mallard_index_threaded () from /usr/lib/libyelp.so.0
 g_thread_proxy () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 start_thread (arg=0xaac1bb40) at pthread_create.c:308
Title: yelp assert failure: *** glibc detected *** yelp: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0xacb71ea0 ***
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-10 (24 days ago)
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[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x813f3c "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:201
 malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=<optimized out>, ptr=0xacb71ea0) at malloc.c:5007
 mallard_index_threaded (mallard=0x8d16930) at yelp-mallard-document.c:1068
 g_thread_proxy (data=0x8dcb580) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.31.18/./glib/gthread.c:801
 start_thread (arg=0xaac1bb40) at pthread_create.c:308

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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