aptitude assert failure: *** glibc detected *** aptitude: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09ddac08 ***

Binary package hint: aptitude

john@moon:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

john@moon:~$ apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
  Installed: 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
  Candidate: 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
  Version table:
 *** 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9 0
        500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Here is the full command line output from how this crash happened:

john@moon:~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for john:
Get:1 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:8 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid Release [57.2kB]
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates Release
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports Release
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Get:9 http://archive.canonical.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid-updates/partner Translation-en_US
Get:10 http://archive.canonical.com lucid-backports Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid-backports/partner Translation-en_US
Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com lucid-proposed Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid-proposed/partner Translation-en_US
Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com lucid-security Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com lucid-security/partner Translation-en_US
Get:13 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/main Packages [1,382kB]
Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Get:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-backports Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-proposed Release
Get:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Get:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-updates/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-backports/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-proposed/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid-security/partner Packages
Get:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release [57.3kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [1,294B]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Get:27 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [11.4kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Get:28 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [2,617B]
Get:29 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [2,152B]
Get:30 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/restricted Packages [6,218B]
Get:31 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/universe Packages [5,526kB]
Get:32 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [1,639B]
Get:33 http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages [969B]
Get:34 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid/multiverse Packages [187kB]
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/main Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://ubuntu.osuosl.org lucid-proposed/multiverse Packages
Fetched 7,411kB in 9s (807kB/s)
*** glibc detected *** aptitude: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09ddac08 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(+0x6b611)[0x550611]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(+0x6ce68)[0x551e68]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0x554f2d]
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x21)[0x312731]
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdaPv+0x1d)[0x31278d]
aptitude[0x81693bf]
aptitude[0x81872dd]
aptitude[0x818490e]
aptitude[0x81492a0]
aptitude[0x8144ea1]
aptitude[0x805efce]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x4fbbd6]
aptitude[0x805c6a1]
======= Memory map: ========
00110000-001c9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14158785 /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3.0.0
001c9000-001ca000 ---p 000b9000 08:01 14158785 /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3.0.0
001ca000-001cd000 r--p 000b9000 08:01 14158785 /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3.0.0
001cd000-001ce000 rw-p 000bc000 08:01 14158785 /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3.0.0
001ce000-001e1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563848 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
001e1000-001e2000 r--p 00012000 08:01 17563848 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
001e2000-001e3000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 17563848 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
001e3000-001f8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563805 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.11.1.so
001f8000-001f9000 r--p 00014000 08:01 17563805 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.11.1.so
001f9000-001fa000 rw-p 00015000 08:01 17563805 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.11.1.so
001fa000-001fc000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
001fc000-001fe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563839 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil-2.11.1.so
001fe000-001ff000 r--p 00001000 08:01 17563839 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil-2.11.1.so
001ff000-00200000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 17563839 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil-2.11.1.so
00212000-00213000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
00250000-00255000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14159441 /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0.0.0
00255000-00256000 r--p 00004000 08:01 14159441 /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0.0.0
00256000-00257000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 14159441 /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0.0.0
00257000-00340000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14156160 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13
00340000-00344000 r--p 000e9000 08:01 14156160 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13
00344000-00345000 rw-p 000ed000 08:01 14156160 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.13
00345000-0034c000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
00356000-00396000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563736 /lib/libncursesw.so.5.7
00396000-00398000 r--p 00040000 08:01 17563736 /lib/libncursesw.so.5.7
00398000-00399000 rw-p 00042000 08:01 17563736 /lib/libncursesw.so.5.7
00399000-004e1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14156636 /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15.6.9
004e1000-004e4000 r--p 00147000 08:01 14156636 /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15.6.9
004e4000-004e5000 rw-p 0014a000 08:01 14156636 /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15.6.9
004e5000-00632000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563697 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so
00632000-00633000 ---p 0014d000 08:01 17563697 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so
00633000-00635000 r--p 0014d000 08:01 17563697 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so
00635000-00636000 rw-p 0014f000 08:01 17563697 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.11.1.so
00636000-00639000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
006fb000-007c0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14158658 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8.0
007c0000-007c2000 r--p 000c5000 08:01 14158658 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8.0
007c2000-007c3000 rw-p 000c7000 08:01 14158658 /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8.0
0092e000-0099d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14158850 /usr/lib/libept.so.0.5.30
0099d000-0099e000 r--p 0006f000 08:01 14158850 /usr/lib/libept.so.0.5.30
0099e000-0099f000 rw-p 00070000 08:01 14158850 /usr/lib/libept.so.0.5.30
00a64000-00a7f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563651 /lib/ld-2.11.1.so
00a7f000-00a80000 r--p 0001a000 08:01 17563651 /lib/ld-2.11.1.so
00a80000-00a81000 rw-p 0001b000 08:01 17563651 /lib/ld-2.11.1.so
00aba000-00ad6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17567583 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
00ad6000-00ad7000 r--p 0001b000 08:01 17567583 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
00ad7000-00ad8000 rw-p 0001c000 08:01 17567583 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
00b1a000-00b3e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563748 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.11.1.so
00b3e000-00b3f000 r--p 00023000 08:01 17563748 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.11.1.so
00b3f000-00b40000 rw-p 00024000 08:01 17563748 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.11.1.so
00bc8000-00bdb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563759 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.11.1.so
00bdb000-00bdc000 r--p 00012000 08:01 17563759 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.11.1.so
00bdc000-00bdd000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 17563759 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.11.1.so
00bdd000-00bdf000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
00de0000-00dea000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563765 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
00dea000-00deb000 r--p 00009000 08:01 17563765 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
00deb000-00dec000 rw-p 0000a000 08:01 17563765 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
00df8000-00dfe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563761 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.11.1.so
00dfe000-00dff000 r--p 00006000 08:01 17563761 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.11.1.so
00dff000-00e00000 rw-p 00007000 08:01 17563761 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.11.1.so
00e2e000-00e30000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563711 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.11.1.so
00e30000-00e31000 r--p 00001000 08:01 17563711 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.11.1.so
00e31000-00e32000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 17563711 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.11.1.so
00f40000-00f48000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 17563775 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.11.1.so
00f48000-00f49000 r--p 00007000 08:01 17563775 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.11.1.so
00f49000-00f4a000 rw-p 00008000 08:01 17563775 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.11.1.so
08048000-08251000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 14155826 /usr/bin/aptitude
08251000-08252000 r--p 00208000 08:01 14155826 /usr/bin/aptitude
08252000-08253000 rw-p 00209000 08:01 14155826 /usr/bin/aptitude
08253000-08255000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
09b00000-09e8b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
b5800000-b5821000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b5821000-b5900000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
b596c000-b596d000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
b596d000-b6257000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b6339000-b6939000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
b6939000-b7637000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 5636134 /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
b7637000-b7676000 r--p 00000000 08:01 14156540 /usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPEAborted (core dumped)
john@moon:~$

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** aptitude: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09ddac08 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Mar 9 01:39:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/aptitude
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100224.1)
Package: aptitude 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu9
ProcCmdline: aptitude update
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.24-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: aptitude
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: aptitude assert failure: *** glibc detected *** aptitude: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09ddac08 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
UserGroups: