Public bug reported: [Impact] Backport git patch that fixes memory corruption in libgweather that is causing gnome-shell to crash. This is particularly bad on wayland as it causes the user to lose their sessions
I believe this should also fix bug 1688208 and potentially a couple of other high ranking crashes on errors.ubuntu.com. I have not however found reliable reproducers for those other bugs. [Test Case] After update of libgweather 1. Ensure org.gnome.Weather.Application locations is not set (as per default setting) 2. Disable Location Services 3. gnome-shell should not crash [Regression Potential] Low, the patch merely fixes a refcounting bug. Given the high impact of this bug, this is an important fix. ==== Original bug report ==== The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding gnome-shell. This problem was most recently seen with package version 3.24.2-0ubuntu4, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/06422e05faafe183b4cb70daa7306dcb4c08c97e contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Invalid ** Affects: libgweather (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: libgweather (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: artful raring saucy trusty utopic vivid wily xenial yakkety zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1695567 Title: /usr/bin/gnome-shell:*** Error in `/usr/bin/gnome-shell': double free or corruption (out): ADDR *** To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1695567/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs