Taking a screenshot during a game may lead to crash
Bug #1908187 reported by
Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GNOME Shell |
Fix Released
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Unknown
|
|||
gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) | ||
Bionic |
Won't Fix
|
Low
|
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[ Impact ]
A screenshot of the Left 4 Dead 2 or Garry's Mod window causes the gnome-shell to terminate the user's session.
[ Test case ]
- Launch a game (Left 4 Dead 2 or Garry's Mod)
- Open GNOME Screenshot app
- Set "Window" in Capture Area menu and "Delay in Seconds" to 2-3 seconds
- Alt-tab (or switch by Super key) to an open game
- GNOME Screenshot app terminates the user session with an error "something went wrong".
[ Regression potential ]
No screenshot may be taken when requested
CVE References
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Focal): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
tags: | added: fixed-in-3.36.8 fixed-in-3.38.2 fixed-upstream |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | In Progress → Won't Fix |
Changed in gnome-shell: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
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Hello Marco, or anyone else affected,
Accepted gnome-shell into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ gnome-shell/ 3.36.7- 0ubuntu0. 20.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/Testing/ EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification- needed- focal to verification- done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed- focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.
Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/QATeam/ PerformingSRUVe rification . Thank you in advance for helping!
N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.