bash dies malloc: unknown:0: assertion botched

Bug #1617300 reported by Stephen Baynes
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
bash (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Bash dies when scrolling up and down the history with:

malloc: unknown:0: assertion botched
free: called with unallocated block argument
last command: ...

ubuntu: "Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"
bash: 4.3-7ubuntu1.5

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bash 4.3-7ubuntu1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-92.139-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Aug 26 13:21:50 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-21 (1101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-06-11 (441 days ago)

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Stephen Baynes (stephen-baynes) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in bash (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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