geoclue-master crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_create_instance()

Bug #718911 reported by Fabien Tassin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GeoClue
Fix Released
Medium
geoclue (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: geoclue

Companion bug for bug 718908, as discussed on irc

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: geoclue 0.12.0-1ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-6.17-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Feb 14 17:00:43 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/geoclue/geoclue-master
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/geoclue/geoclue-master
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4070bf: mov 0x8(%r14),%edx
 PC (0x004070bf) ok
 source "0x8(%r14)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: geoclue
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 g_type_create_instance (type=<value optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.0/gobject/gtype.c:1889
 g_object_constructor (type=<value optimized out>, n_construct_properties=0, construct_params=0x0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.0/gobject/gobject.c:1615
 g_object_newv (object_type=37077456, n_parameters=0, parameters=0x0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.0/gobject/gobject.c:1398
Title: geoclue-master crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_create_instance()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Fabien Tassin (fta) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 cache_ap_mac (self=0x2343900) at connectivity-networkmanager.c:101
 geoclue_networkmanager_init (self=0x2343900)
 g_type_create_instance (type=<value optimized out>)
 g_object_constructor (type=<value optimized out>,
 g_object_newv (object_type=37077456,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in geoclue (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Fabien Tassin (fta) wrote :

$ dpkg -l | grep -c network-manager
0

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Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

Upstream bug, which is already fixed https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28066

I'll pull in the patch to fix this in 0.12

Changed in geoclue (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package geoclue - 0.12.0-1ubuntu7

---------------
geoclue (0.12.0-1ubuntu7) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/lp_718911.patch
    - Avoid a crash caused by a NULL pointer access when no devices found
      by NetworkManager (LP: #718911)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:32:58 -0500

Changed in geoclue (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in geoclue:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Changed in geoclue (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) → nobody
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