[Bug 968218] Re: ssh x11 forwarding precise to oneiric causes glibc malloc(): memory corruption
Bryce Harrington
968218 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Apr 19 17:56:04 UTC 2012
** Description changed:
- SSHing (with X11 forwarding enabled) from a Precise machine to an
- Oneiric machine and running certain X11 forwarded programs causes a
- crash of the program, either immediately or on the first mouse click on
- that program's window.
+ [Problem]
+ SSHing (with X11 forwarding enabled) from a Precise machine to an Oneiric machine and running certain X11 forwarded programs causes a crash of the program, either immediately or on the first mouse click on that program's window.
+
+ [Impact]
+ I have seen this on two client machines (a laptop and a desktop) running the latest precise release, connecting to either the oneiric desktop release or oneiric server release on the server side. I have also reproduced this with two VirtualBox VMs, connected together with host-only networking and with desktop releases of Oneiric and Precise installed.
+
+ [Development Fix]
+ <fill me in with an explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix. >
+
+ [Stable Fix]
+ <fill me in by pointing out a minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.>
+
+ [Text Case]
+ - On client machine, install Precise with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
+ - On server machine, install Oneiric with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
+ - Set up host-only networking so that machines can ssh to each other.
+ - On client machine, "ssh -X" to the server machine. Then run an X11 application. Some applications will crash immediately or on the first mouse click on that application.
+
+ On my test VirtualBox setup, applications that always crash on first click:
+ - gnome-terminal
+ - nautilus
+ - aisleriot solitaire
+ - gnome-control-center
+ - file-roller
+ - brasero
+ - gcalctool
+ - palimpsest
+
+ Applications that do not crash:
+ - Libre Office
+ - gimp
+ - banshee
+ - firefox
+ - thunderbird
+
+ Obviously, this isn't an exhaustive list. When applications crash, they
+ spew out a large error message. On my desktop machine, sshing in to an
+ Oneiric Server install on a physical machine, the programs crash
+ immediately without showing a window, but on my test setup with two
+ VirtualBox VMs, you first have to click on the window to cause it to
+ crash. Sample crash output is attched to this bug report in the
+ crash_output.txt file.
+
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+ <fill me in with a discussion of likelihood and potential severity of regressions and how users could get inadvertently affected.>
+
+ [Original Report]
+ SSHing (with X11 forwarding enabled) from a Precise machine to an Oneiric machine and running certain X11 forwarded programs causes a crash of the program, either immediately or on the first mouse click on that program's window.
I have seen this on two client machines (a laptop and a desktop) running
the latest precise release, connecting to either the oneiric desktop
release or oneiric server release on the server side. I have also
reproduced this with two VirtualBox VMs, connected together with host-
only networking and with desktop releases of Oneiric and Precise
installed.
To reproduce:
- On client machine, install Precise with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- On server machine, install Oneiric with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- Set up host-only networking so that machines can ssh to each other.
- On client machine, "ssh -X" to the server machine. Then run an X11 application. Some applications will crash immediately or on the first mouse click on that application.
On my test VirtualBox setup, applications that always crash on first click:
- gnome-terminal
- nautilus
- aisleriot solitaire
- gnome-control-center
- file-roller
- brasero
- gcalctool
- palimpsest
Applications that do not crash:
- Libre Office
- gimp
- banshee
- firefox
- thunderbird
Obviously, this isn't an exhaustive list. When applications crash, they
spew out a large error message. On my desktop machine, sshing in to an
Oneiric Server install on a physical machine, the programs crash
immediately without showing a window, but on my test setup with two
VirtualBox VMs, you first have to click on the window to cause it to
crash. Sample crash output is attched to this bug report in the
crash_output.txt file.
OS and Software Versions:
Client:
=====
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
apt-cache policy xorg:
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Server:
======
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
apt-cache policy xorg:
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1
Candidate: 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1
Version table:
*** 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1 0
500 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:7.6+7ubuntu7 0
500 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Mar 29 13:32:19 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.10, 3.2.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120327.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 960
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=587e726d-6c02-4c7f-aec3-843dbfd68f4c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0F428D
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd07/31/2009:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex960:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0F428D:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 960
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2
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Title:
ssh x11 forwarding precise to oneiric causes glibc malloc(): memory
corruption
Status in “libxi” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “libxi” source package in Oneiric:
Triaged
Status in “libxi” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Problem]
SSHing (with X11 forwarding enabled) from a Precise machine to an Oneiric machine and running certain X11 forwarded programs causes a crash of the program, either immediately or on the first mouse click on that program's window.
[Impact]
I have seen this on two client machines (a laptop and a desktop) running the latest precise release, connecting to either the oneiric desktop release or oneiric server release on the server side. I have also reproduced this with two VirtualBox VMs, connected together with host-only networking and with desktop releases of Oneiric and Precise installed.
[Development Fix]
<fill me in with an explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix. >
[Stable Fix]
<fill me in by pointing out a minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.>
[Text Case]
- On client machine, install Precise with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- On server machine, install Oneiric with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- Set up host-only networking so that machines can ssh to each other.
- On client machine, "ssh -X" to the server machine. Then run an X11 application. Some applications will crash immediately or on the first mouse click on that application.
On my test VirtualBox setup, applications that always crash on first click:
- gnome-terminal
- nautilus
- aisleriot solitaire
- gnome-control-center
- file-roller
- brasero
- gcalctool
- palimpsest
Applications that do not crash:
- Libre Office
- gimp
- banshee
- firefox
- thunderbird
Obviously, this isn't an exhaustive list. When applications crash,
they spew out a large error message. On my desktop machine, sshing in
to an Oneiric Server install on a physical machine, the programs crash
immediately without showing a window, but on my test setup with two
VirtualBox VMs, you first have to click on the window to cause it to
crash. Sample crash output is attched to this bug report in the
crash_output.txt file.
[Regression Potential]
<fill me in with a discussion of likelihood and potential severity of regressions and how users could get inadvertently affected.>
[Original Report]
SSHing (with X11 forwarding enabled) from a Precise machine to an Oneiric machine and running certain X11 forwarded programs causes a crash of the program, either immediately or on the first mouse click on that program's window.
I have seen this on two client machines (a laptop and a desktop)
running the latest precise release, connecting to either the oneiric
desktop release or oneiric server release on the server side. I have
also reproduced this with two VirtualBox VMs, connected together with
host-only networking and with desktop releases of Oneiric and Precise
installed.
To reproduce:
- On client machine, install Precise with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- On server machine, install Oneiric with all updates as of 2012-03-29.
- Set up host-only networking so that machines can ssh to each other.
- On client machine, "ssh -X" to the server machine. Then run an X11 application. Some applications will crash immediately or on the first mouse click on that application.
On my test VirtualBox setup, applications that always crash on first click:
- gnome-terminal
- nautilus
- aisleriot solitaire
- gnome-control-center
- file-roller
- brasero
- gcalctool
- palimpsest
Applications that do not crash:
- Libre Office
- gimp
- banshee
- firefox
- thunderbird
Obviously, this isn't an exhaustive list. When applications crash,
they spew out a large error message. On my desktop machine, sshing in
to an Oneiric Server install on a physical machine, the programs crash
immediately without showing a window, but on my test setup with two
VirtualBox VMs, you first have to click on the window to cause it to
crash. Sample crash output is attched to this bug report in the
crash_output.txt file.
OS and Software Versions:
Client:
=====
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
apt-cache policy xorg:
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Server:
======
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
apt-cache policy xorg:
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1
Candidate: 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1
Version table:
*** 1:7.6+7ubuntu7.1 0
500 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:7.6+7ubuntu7 0
500 http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Mar 29 13:32:19 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.10, 3.2.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120327.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 960
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=587e726d-6c02-4c7f-aec3-843dbfd68f4c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0F428D
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd07/31/2009:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex960:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0F428D:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 960
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2
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