[Bug 1132108] [NEW] usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV

[Paul Greindl]

Public bug reported:

The "Startup Disk Creator" aka "usb-creator-gtk" often crashes when
making a bootable USB disk. I encounter the crashes shortly after giving
permission to install the boot-loader. I guess it happens somewhere
between installing the boot-loader and creating the ext2 filesystem.

To reproduce:

just download an Ubuntu image and install it onto a USB-drive using the
the usb-creator. Some of the attempts may result in a crash, sometimes
leaving you with a working disk, but often it's not possible to boot it
correctly. For me it's something around 40 % of the installations which
fail. (I need to make many USB disks as I'm helping people to install
Ubuntu and it's just easier and environmental better to use USB drives
instead of CDs).

This problem exists in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 ("alpha"). Tested
on different hardware.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.46.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Feb 23 13:44:23 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-21 (32 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130121)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fee0a04ad70:	movl   $0xffffffff,0x4(%rdi)
 PC (0x7fee0a04ad70) ok
 source "$0xffffffff" ok
 destination "0x4(%rdi)" (0x00000004) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: usb-creator
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
Title: usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

** Affects: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-crash need-amd64-retrace raring running-unity

** Information type changed from Private to Public

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Title:
  usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The "Startup Disk Creator" aka "usb-creator-gtk" often crashes when
  making a bootable USB disk. I encounter the crashes shortly after
  giving permission to install the boot-loader. I guess it happens
  somewhere between installing the boot-loader and creating the ext2
  filesystem.

  To reproduce:

  just download an Ubuntu image and install it onto a USB-drive using
  the the usb-creator. Some of the attempts may result in a crash,
  sometimes leaving you with a working disk, but often it's not possible
  to boot it correctly. For me it's something around 40 % of the
  installations which fail. (I need to make many USB disks as I'm
  helping people to install Ubuntu and it's just easier and
  environmental better to use USB drives instead of CDs).

  This problem exists in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 ("alpha"). Tested
  on different hardware.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.46.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Sat Feb 23 13:44:23 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-21 (32 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130121)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/usb-creator-gtk
  SegvAnalysis:
   Segfault happened at: 0x7fee0a04ad70:	movl   $0xffffffff,0x4(%rdi)
   PC (0x7fee0a04ad70) ok
   source "$0xffffffff" ok
   destination "0x4(%rdi)" (0x00000004) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
  SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
  Signal: 11
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  StacktraceTop:
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3
  Title: usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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