tracker-extract crashed with signal 5 in g_malloc()

Bug #340055 reported by Tiefflieger
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
tracker (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: tracker

Appeared on Jaunty while using Firebug

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-extract
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: tracker 0.6.90-1ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-extract
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: tracker
StacktraceTop:
 g_malloc () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
 gst_value_serialize ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
 gst_value_serialize ()
Title: tracker-extract crashed with signal 5 in g_malloc()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Tiefflieger (tiefflieger) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:IA__g_malloc (n_bytes=91)
gst_value_serialize_buffer (
gst_value_serialize (value=0x1f1dd90)
gst_value_serialize_any_list (
gst_value_serialize (value=0x1f1acc8)

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
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importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

Changed in tracker:
status: New → Incomplete
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bwallum (rbw2) wrote :

This just appeared at boot up, when desktop loaded. Jaunty AMD64

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) wrote :

Confirmed on jaunty 64 bit

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Tiefflieger (tiefflieger) wrote :

Actually I disabled the tracker because of Bug #335911 , so I no longer have a problem with it, so to speak... ;-)

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Martyn Russell (martyn-lanedo) wrote :

We have recently fixed some memory corruption and leakage in the GStreamer extractor. I think this is fixed in trunk but possibly NOT 0.6.92.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug should be fixed in svn

Changed in tracker (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package tracker - 0.6.92-1ubuntu2

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tracker (0.6.92-1ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/11_drop_evolution_module.patch:
    - Updated to fully disable the old Evolution module.
      This corrects a warning when tracker-indexer first
      starts (LP: #354601).
  * debian/patches/15_crasher-fix-from-svn-r3159.patch:
    - Fix backported from SVN to fix a crash in the indexer
      when unmounting removable devices (LP: #354362, LP: #354236).
  * debian/patches/16_fixes-from-svn-r3167.patch:
    - Various fixes for memory leaks and corruption issues
      backported from SVN revision 3167. Should fix LP: #340055.
  * debian/tracker-utils.install:
    - Install tracker-processes utility.
  * debian/patches/99_autotools.patch:
    - Updated.

 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:25:46 +0100

Changed in tracker (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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