[Bug 1656065] Re: Firefox and plugin-container (Chrome_ChildThr): segfault at 0 ip b76df673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6.

daniel CURTIS 1656065 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Jan 16 15:52:58 UTC 2017


** Description changed:

  Hello.
  
- Some days ago, Firefox unexpectedly had been closed after a couple of
+ Some days ago, Firefox unexpectedly has been closed after a couple of
  hours (mostly viewed: YouTube and some other websites). Next, a dialog
  box related to the Mozilla Crash Reporter appeared - with message, that
  reporter is disabled (which I did earlier via 'about:config' and
  *datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled* key set to _false_) and no
  crash report is available even via 'about:crashes' etc. After this
  situation two entries appeared in the log files: first related to
  AppArmor and second plugin-container segfault. By the way: in the same
  time an update for flash-plugin was also available (see: 1).
  
  Anyway, 'LastCrash' file (which can be found in ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash
  Reports/ directory) contains only: 1484142985. Just like all the others
  files in this directory. There are also two folders called: 'events' and
  'pending'. These directories are completely empty. However, system log
  files, such as '/var/log/kern.log' or '/var/log/syslog', contains an
  interesting entries:
  
  ● /var/log/kern.log:
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.295639] type=1400
  audit(1484142985.517:46): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2818
  profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2818/task/"
  pid=3253 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
  ouid=1000
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.540727] Chrome_ChildThr[2890]:
  segfault at 0 ip b76df673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
  container[b76d8000+42000]
  
  As we know, thanks to the plugin-container, plugins are separated from
  the browser process, making it more stable, right? So now if a plugin
  crashes, Firefox should remains unharmed. It looks like this is a known
- problem (see: 2, 3). Anyway, after adding one rule to a profile
- everything seems to be okay:
+ problem (see: 2, 3). Anyway, after adding one rule to the Firefox
+ profile everything should be okay, but it doesn't:
  
  owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/task/* r,
  
- But it's not the first time when AppArmor logs "@{PROC}/*/task/" issue
+ By the way; on Moday, 16 January, Firefox has been closed again - no
+ action from my side. Log files contain the same entries as above:
+ 
+ Jan 16 16:39:35 t4 kernel: [14373.711834] type=1400
+ audit(1484581175.931:48): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2532
+ profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2532/task/"
+ pid=3389 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
+ ouid=1000
+ 
+ Jan 16 16:39:36 t4 kernel: [14373.934394] Chrome_ChildThr[3041]:
+ segfault at 0 ip b76f8673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
+ container[b76f1000+42000]
+ 
+ But it's not the second time when AppArmor logs "@{PROC}/*/task/" issue
  (see: 4). Here are some informations about versions:
  
  ● Firefox: 50.1.0
  ● Flash: 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.12.04.1
  ● Release: 12.04.5 LTS (via `lsb_release -a` command)
  ● Linux: 3.2.0-120-generic-pae (3.2.79) i686
  
  Best regards.
  _____________
  [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2017-January/026047.html
  [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205199
  [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253086
  [4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/apparmor/2016-December/010422.html

** Description changed:

  Hello.
  
  Some days ago, Firefox unexpectedly has been closed after a couple of
  hours (mostly viewed: YouTube and some other websites). Next, a dialog
  box related to the Mozilla Crash Reporter appeared - with message, that
  reporter is disabled (which I did earlier via 'about:config' and
  *datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled* key set to _false_) and no
  crash report is available even via 'about:crashes' etc. After this
  situation two entries appeared in the log files: first related to
  AppArmor and second plugin-container segfault. By the way: in the same
  time an update for flash-plugin was also available (see: 1).
  
  Anyway, 'LastCrash' file (which can be found in ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash
  Reports/ directory) contains only: 1484142985. Just like all the others
  files in this directory. There are also two folders called: 'events' and
  'pending'. These directories are completely empty. However, system log
  files, such as '/var/log/kern.log' or '/var/log/syslog', contains an
  interesting entries:
  
  ● /var/log/kern.log:
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.295639] type=1400
  audit(1484142985.517:46): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2818
  profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2818/task/"
  pid=3253 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
  ouid=1000
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.540727] Chrome_ChildThr[2890]:
  segfault at 0 ip b76df673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
  container[b76d8000+42000]
  
  As we know, thanks to the plugin-container, plugins are separated from
  the browser process, making it more stable, right? So now if a plugin
  crashes, Firefox should remains unharmed. It looks like this is a known
  problem (see: 2, 3). Anyway, after adding one rule to the Firefox
  profile everything should be okay, but it doesn't:
  
  owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/task/* r,
  
  By the way; on Moday, 16 January, Firefox has been closed again - no
  action from my side. Log files contain the same entries as above:
  
  Jan 16 16:39:35 t4 kernel: [14373.711834] type=1400
  audit(1484581175.931:48): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2532
  profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2532/task/"
  pid=3389 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
  ouid=1000
  
  Jan 16 16:39:36 t4 kernel: [14373.934394] Chrome_ChildThr[3041]:
  segfault at 0 ip b76f8673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
  container[b76f1000+42000]
  
+ NOTE: adobe-flash plugin is not activated and is permanently disabled.
  But it's not the second time when AppArmor logs "@{PROC}/*/task/" issue
  (see: 4). Here are some informations about versions:
  
  ● Firefox: 50.1.0
  ● Flash: 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.12.04.1
  ● Release: 12.04.5 LTS (via `lsb_release -a` command)
  ● Linux: 3.2.0-120-generic-pae (3.2.79) i686
  
  Best regards.
  _____________
  [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2017-January/026047.html
  [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205199
  [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253086
  [4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/apparmor/2016-December/010422.html

** Description changed:

  Hello.
  
  Some days ago, Firefox unexpectedly has been closed after a couple of
  hours (mostly viewed: YouTube and some other websites). Next, a dialog
  box related to the Mozilla Crash Reporter appeared - with message, that
  reporter is disabled (which I did earlier via 'about:config' and
  *datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled* key set to _false_) and no
  crash report is available even via 'about:crashes' etc. After this
  situation two entries appeared in the log files: first related to
  AppArmor and second plugin-container segfault. By the way: in the same
  time an update for flash-plugin was also available (see: 1).
  
  Anyway, 'LastCrash' file (which can be found in ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash
  Reports/ directory) contains only: 1484142985. Just like all the others
  files in this directory. There are also two folders called: 'events' and
  'pending'. These directories are completely empty. However, system log
  files, such as '/var/log/kern.log' or '/var/log/syslog', contains an
  interesting entries:
  
  ● /var/log/kern.log:
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.295639] type=1400
  audit(1484142985.517:46): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2818
  profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2818/task/"
  pid=3253 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
  ouid=1000
  
  Jan 11 14:56:25 t4 kernel: [ 4161.540727] Chrome_ChildThr[2890]:
  segfault at 0 ip b76df673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
  container[b76d8000+42000]
  
  As we know, thanks to the plugin-container, plugins are separated from
  the browser process, making it more stable, right? So now if a plugin
  crashes, Firefox should remains unharmed. It looks like this is a known
  problem (see: 2, 3). Anyway, after adding one rule to the Firefox
  profile everything should be okay, but it doesn't:
  
  owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/task/* r,
  
  By the way; on Moday, 16 January, Firefox has been closed again - no
  action from my side. Log files contain the same entries as above:
  
  Jan 16 16:39:35 t4 kernel: [14373.711834] type=1400
  audit(1484581175.931:48): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=2532
  profile="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox{,*[^s][^h]}" name="/proc/2532/task/"
  pid=3389 comm="firefox" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000
  ouid=1000
  
  Jan 16 16:39:36 t4 kernel: [14373.934394] Chrome_ChildThr[3041]:
  segfault at 0 ip b76f8673 sp b1efe9f0 error 6 in plugin-
  container[b76f1000+42000]
  
  NOTE: adobe-flash plugin is not activated and is permanently disabled.
  But it's not the second time when AppArmor logs "@{PROC}/*/task/" issue
  (see: 4). Here are some informations about versions:
  
  ● Firefox: 50.1.0
  ● Flash: 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.12.04.1
+ ● Linux: 3.2.0-120-generic-pae (3.2.79) i686
+ ● AppArmor: 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.10
  ● Release: 12.04.5 LTS (via `lsb_release -a` command)
- ● Linux: 3.2.0-120-generic-pae (3.2.79) i686
  
  Best regards.
  _____________
  [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2017-January/026047.html
  [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205199
  [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253086
  [4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/apparmor/2016-December/010422.html

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