[Bug 443024] Re: Crashes if invoked on a process whose executable has been deleted: AssertionError at assert os.path.exists(self['ExecutablePath'])

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  Crashes if invoked on a process whose executable has been deleted:
  AssertionError at assert os.path.exists(self['ExecutablePath'])

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apport

  Test case:

  perseus:[~] cp /bin/sleep /tmp
  perseus:[~] /tmp/sleep 60 &
  [1] 18356
  perseus:[~] rm /tmp/sleep
  perseus:[~] kill -SEGV 18356
  perseus:[~] 
  [1]  + segmentation fault (core dumped)  /tmp/sleep 60
  perseus:[~] cat /var/log/apport.log
  apport (pid 18404) Mon Oct  5 12:21:38 2009: called for pid 18356, signal 11
  apport (pid 18404) Mon Oct  5 12:21:38 2009: Unhandled exception:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/apport/apport", line 244, in <module>
      info.add_proc_info(pid)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 346, in add_proc_info
      assert os.path.exists(self['ExecutablePath'])
  AssertionError
  pid: 18404, uid: 1000, gid: 1000, euid: 0, egid: 0
  environment: {}

  There is some further discussion about this at
  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
  devel/2009-August/thread.html#28752 with a focus on how we might be
  able to handle this case better.  This bug report is simply about the
  fact that this (fairly common) situation triggers a crash via
  AssertionError in apport.  It should probably detect this case and log
  a more meaningful error instead.

  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportLog:
   
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct  5 12:20:10 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: apport 1.9.2-0ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
  SourcePackage: apport
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64

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