[Bug 927636] Re: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

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This bug was fixed in the package plymouth - 0.8.8-0ubuntu17.2

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plymouth (0.8.8-0ubuntu17.2) trusty; urgency=medium

  *debian/patches/misc-changes.patch: Drop call to stop_animation as it would
   unreference a bunch of variables and cause a crash writing a NULL VMA.
   (LP: #927636)

 -- Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>  Mon, 07 May 2018 16:45:23 -0700

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Title:
  plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

Status in Plymouth:
  Confirmed
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in plymouth source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in plymouth source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in plymouth source package in Artful:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Plymouth is crashing regularly for users of releases before Ubuntu 18.04. The crash reporting dialogs must be annoying for those experiencing the crash.

  [Test Case]
  We have not figured out how to recreate the crash, but the errors bucket (https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/sbin/plymouthd%3A11%3Ascript_obj_deref_direct%3Ascript_obj_as_custom%3Ascript_execute_object_with_parlist%3Ascript_execute_object%3Ascript_lib_plymouth_on_update_status) is updated hourly from people who encounter the crash. Checking the errors bucket for an absence of the new version should be sufficient to confirm that the crash is not occurring.

  [Regression Potential]
  The fix for this bug involved dropping an undocumented patch from plymouth which is rather risky. That being said the fix has been in Ubuntu 18.04 since mid April and no regressions have turned up. While I'm checking the Error Tracker for new plymouth crashes regularly it would be best to let this SRU age for longer than the 7 day period to be sure nothing is amiss.

  
  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (development branch)

  ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Feb  6 07:03:15 2012
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/xubuntu-logo/xubuntu-logo.plymouth
  ExecutablePath: /sbin/plymouthd
  MachineType: Foxconn AMD HDZS01
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-14-generic root=UUID=0bb93586-7343-45bd-802b-03adbb46f430 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcCmdline: /sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session
  ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-14-generic root=UUID=0bb93586-7343-45bd-802b-03adbb46f430 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SegvAnalysis:
   Segfault happened at: 0x7effe6b50ea0 <script_obj_deref_direct>:	cmpl   $0x1,(%rdi)
   PC (0x7effe6b50ea0) ok
   source "$0x1" ok
   destination "(%rdi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
  SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
  Signal: 11SourcePackage: plymouth
  StacktraceTop:
   script_obj_deref_direct () from /lib/plymouth/script.so
   script_obj_as_custom () from /lib/plymouth/script.so
   script_execute_object () from /lib/plymouth/script.so
   script_lib_plymouth_on_update_status () from /lib/plymouth/script.so
   ?? ()
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/xubuntu-text/xubuntu-text.plymouth
  Title: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

  dmi.bios.date: 04/19/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A93F1022
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: AHD1S
  dmi.board.vendor: Foxconn
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA93F1022:bd04/19/2011:svnFoxconn:pnAMDHDZS01:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnFoxconn:rnAHD1S:rvr:
  dmi.product.name: AMD HDZS01
  dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: Foxconn

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