Public bug reported: Looks like someone forgot to delete a pointer... I see a lot of "memory leak" bugs, but they all have "Fix Released" associated with them, and so I am going to report this.
Relevant Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/HuJrRab.png That number ramps up massively when I click on my box revealing the available networks. 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center network-manager | 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 3) What you expected to happen Not causing my computer to freeze when it runs out of memory. 4) What happened instead I have to reboot. ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: leak memory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660077 Title: Massive nm-applet memory leak on the Heap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1660077/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs