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apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV in __fprintf_chk()

Bug #507985 reported by Γουργιώτης Γιώργος (aka Gourgi) on 2010-01-15

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #535509: apt-get always crash with Segmentation fault (core dumped) if /var/log/apt doesn't exist.. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

apport service marked my previous bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/507501) invalid so i'm reporting this again

apt-get segfaults ...

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Jan 15 17:51:39 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-get
Package: apt 0.7.25ubuntu2
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined (enforce)
ProcCmdline: apt-get upgrade
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
SegvAnalysis:
Segfault happened at: 0xd9f860 <__fprintf_chk+32>: cmpw $0x0,(%esi)
PC (0x00d9f860) ok
source "$0x0" ok
destination "(%esi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: apt
StacktraceTop:
__fprintf_chk () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog() ()
pkgDPkgPM::Go(int) ()
pkgPackageManager::DoInstallPostFork(int) ()
pkgPackageManager::DoInstall(int) ()
Tags: lucid
Title: apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV in __fprintf_chk()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic i686
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Γουργιώτης Γιώργος (aka Gourgi) (gourgi) wrote on 2010-01-15:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (483 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Disassembly.txt Edit (840 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (727 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Registers.txt Edit (458 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Stacktrace.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ThreadStacktrace.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2010-01-15:

#2

StacktraceTop:
___fprintf_chk (fp=0x0, flag=1, format=0x9f1377 "End-Date: %s\n")
pkgDPkgPM::CloseLog (this=0x97d63a8)
pkgDPkgPM::Go (this=0x97d63a8, OutStatusFd=-1)
pkgPackageManager::DoInstallPostFork (this=0x97d63a8,
pkgPackageManager::DoInstall (this=0x97d63a8, statusFd=-1)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2010-01-15: Stacktrace.txt

#3

Stacktrace.txt Edit (12.8 KiB, text/plain)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2010-01-15: StacktraceSource.txt

#4

StacktraceSource.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2010-01-15: ThreadStacktrace.txt

#5

ThreadStacktrace.txt Edit (12.8 KiB, text/plain)

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
tags:	removed: need-i386-retrace

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DarkJavi (darkjavi) wrote on 2010-01-26:

#6

Same here, apt-get and aptitude do segmentation fault at then end of the install process.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/512581

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Tom Pino (metalsmith-rangeweb) wrote on 2010-03-10:

#7

I was removing and installing grub-common and removing grub and installing grub-pc in an upgraded 8.04>10.04 installation when this occurred.
Terminal ouput below;

debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
Preconfiguring packages ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": could not write /var/cache/debconf/config.dat-new: Permission denied

touch: cannot touch `/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp': Permission denied
sh: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Permission denied
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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