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gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper crashed with SIGSEGV in QueryVersion()

Bug #968284 reported by epek
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mesa (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Bryce Harrington
Precise
Fix Released
High
Bryce Harrington
Quantal
Fix Released
High
Bryce Harrington

Bug Description

after login, update from 11.10

#0 QueryVersion (minor=0x62e770, major=0x62e76c, dpy=0x623010, opcode=<optimized out>) at glxext.c:296
        c = 0x624410
        reply = 0x0

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-session-bin 3.2.1-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 29 16:27:01 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/false
 PATH=(custom, no user)
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-session
Title: gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper crashed with SIGSEGV in glXChooseVisual()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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epek (epek) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : StacktraceTop.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper crashed with SIGSEGV in
- glXChooseVisual()
+ QueryVersion()
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
visibility: private → public
affects: gnome-session (Ubuntu) → mesa (Ubuntu)
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
description: updated
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Looks like a simple nullptr deref issue.

Are you able to reproduce this bug reliably?

Changed in mesa (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Bryce Harrington (bryce)
importance: Medium → High
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

This should fix the null ptr deref.

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: patch
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mesa - 8.0.3-0ubuntu1

---------------
mesa (8.0.3-0ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release.
    + Fixes crash in intel_miptree_release()
      (LP: #952896)
    + Fixes slow WebGL in firefox
      (LP: #988343)

  [ Robert Hooker ]
  * Drop 118_fix_rendering_from_textures.patch and
    117_intel_fix_hiz_null_dereference.patch, both included upstream.
  * Refresh patches.

  [ Bryce Harrington ]
  * Add 117_nullptr_check_in_query_version.patch: Fix null pointer
    deref in QueryVersion() during login.
    (LP: #968284)
  * Add 118_glsl_initialize_samplers.patch: Initialize samplers to 0, as
    required by the spec. Fixes rendering corruption in MapsGL labels.
    Cherrypick from mesa master.
    (LP: #981883)
 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:02:09 -0700

Changed in mesa (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Bryce Harrington (bryce)
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello epek, or anyone else affected,

Accepted mesa into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/8.0.3-0ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote :

Hello epek, or anyone else affected,

Accepted mesa into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

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Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65) wrote :

After install mesa from proposed, the problem was gone.

Verification done.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: amd64 apport-crash verification-needed
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Update Released

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package mesa - 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1

---------------
mesa (8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream stable release. (LP: #1019444)
    + Fixes crash in intel_miptree_release()
      (LP: #952896)
    + Fixes slow WebGL in firefox
      (LP: #988343)

  [ Robert Hooker ]
  * Drop 118_fix_rendering_from_textures.patch and
    117_intel_fix_hiz_null_dereference.patch, both included upstream.
  * Refresh patches.

  [ Bryce Harrington ]
  * Add 117_nullptr_check_in_query_version.patch: Fix null pointer
    deref in QueryVersion() during login.
    (LP: #968284)
  * Add 118_glsl_initialize_samplers.patch: Initialize samplers to 0, as
    required by the spec. Fixes rendering corruption in MapsGL labels.
    Cherrypick from mesa master.
    (LP: #981883)
 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:59:12 -0700

Changed in mesa (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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