Having an old Geforce2 Nvidia card using "nouveau" driver, i can experience the
same:
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/X: double free or corruption (fasttop):
0x0a111bd8 ***
=== Backtrace: =
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(+0x6b591)[0x17c591]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(+0x6cde8)[0x17dde
Lucid lynx Kubuntu 32bit, with HP scanjet 3570c: I confirm with libsane 1.0.20
that scan begins, but crash when sensor goes back in idle position.
Taking libsane 1.0.19 and libsane_extras 1.0.19 from old ubuntu repositories
helps, but when exiting xsane, i have to kill it or wait the message
(ap