[Bug 1955500] [NEW] firefox crashes often

[Jerry Quinn]

Public bug reported:

Recently (since ~2021-12-15) firefox has been crashing a lot, often
daily.  There's no obvious pattern that I can see.

Most recent crash logs:
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[755990]: Sandbox: Unexpected EOF, op 0 flags 02000000 path /proc/755990/cgroup
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[756121]: Exiting due to channel error.
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[755809]: Exiting due to channel error.
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[755990]: Exiting due to channel error.
...
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[745228]: [GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown
Dec 21 12:37:51 cerberus firefox.desktop[744870]: Exiting due to channel error.
...

Previous crash:
Dec 20 12:56:53 cerberus kernel: traps: GeckoMain[613052] trap int3 ip:7fa351cc1295 sp:7fff6ba7eea0 error:0 in libglib-2.>
Dec 20 12:56:53 cerberus gnome-shell[722119]: Exiting due to channel error.
Dec 20 12:56:53 cerberus gnome-shell[722386]: Exiting due to channel error.
Dec 20 12:56:53 cerberus gnome-shell[615970]: Exiting due to channel error.
Dec 20 12:56:53 cerberus gnome-shell[717612]: Exiting due to channel error.
...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: firefox 95.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-91.102-generic 5.4.151
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC3:  jlquinn    2641 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  jlquinn    2641 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC2:  jlquinn    2641 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  jlquinn    2641 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20211215221728
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Dec 21 13:17:24 2021
DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:363
DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js
DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-29 (570 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp4s0 proto dhcp metric 100 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp4s0 scope link metric 1000 
 192.168.1.0/24 dev enp4s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.10 metric 100
MostRecentCrashID: bp-6d5c31fc-1b33-459b-bfab-9d3b20211216
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:363
Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
 Profile1 - LastVersion=54.0/20170612122310 (Out of date)
 Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=95.0.1/20211215221728 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-04 (412 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.2
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: X10DAI
dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro
dmi.board.version: 1.01
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.2:bd12/16/2019:svnSupermicro:pnX10DAi:pvr123456789:rvnSupermicro:rnX10DAI:rvr1.01:cvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:ct3:cvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: SMC X10
dmi.product.name: X10DAi
dmi.product.sku: 083615D9
dmi.product.version: 123456789
dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2021-06-21T20:18:54.448530

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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