Public bug reported: I was receiving data from a gdbserver running inside a qemu VM, when the client gdb threw the following error:
/build/buildd/gdb-7.5/gdb/findvar.c:176: internal-error: extract_typed_address: type is not a pointer or reference A problem internal to GDB has been detected, further debugging may prove unreliable. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gdb 7.5-0ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 3.6.11-zen+ x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Dec 19 15:01:23 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdb InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-05 (196 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: gdb --interpreter mi2 --nx ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: gdb StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () internal_verror () internal_error () extract_typed_address () Title: gdb crashed with SIGABRT in internal_verror() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (60 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare src sudo tracing vboxusers wireshark ** Affects: gdb (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-crash quantal ** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092127 Title: gdb crashed with SIGABRT in dump_core() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1092127/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs