Interestingly, octave 4.2 comes up successfully under 4.40-81 under Ubuntu 16.04.
On Jun 23, 2017 4:45 PM, "Norbert" <1699...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Octave in Trusty is affected too (see bug 1699594). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1699594). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699772 > > Title: > linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic > Regression: many user-space apps crashing > > Status in commons-daemon package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in eclipse package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in imagej package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in linux package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in octave package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in scilab package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Distribution: Ubuntu 16.04 x64 (Flavour: KDE Neon User Edition 5.10) > > linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic appears to contain a regression, probably > related to the CVE-2017-1000364 fix backport / patch. > > Using this kernel, the Oracle Java browser plugin always crashes > during stack-related actions on initialization. This means, the plugin > completely stopped working. > > > It works perfectly fine in linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic (vurlerable to > CVE-2017-1000364) as well as linux-image-4.11.6-041106-generic, which > also contains a fix for CVE-2017-1000364. > > > uname -a: > > > Linux Zweiblum 4.4.0-81-generic #104-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 14 08:17:06 > UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > I tested Oracle Java 1.8 u131 as well as 1.6 u64 in Firefox 51.0.1 as > well as Iceweasel / Firefox/3.5.16 in a chroot. > > Using linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic it crashes in all combinations > while with both other kernels it works. > > > I was not able to obtain any detailed crash information from Firefox > 51.0.1, but Iceweasel 3.5.16 crashed completely, allowing me to obtain a > stack trace which shows the relation to stack operations performed by the > plugin, even without proper debug symbols: > > > > (gdb) bt full > > #0 0x00007fa06d805307 in _expand_stack_to(unsigned char*) () from > /opt/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so > > No symbol table info available. > > #1 0x00007fa06d8053ae in os::Linux::manually_expand_stack(JavaThread*, > unsigned char*) () > > from /opt/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so > > No symbol table info available. > > #2 0x00007fa06d80cf0b in JVM_handle_linux_signal () from > /opt/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so > > No symbol table info available. > > #3 0x00007fa06d802e13 in signalHandler(int, siginfo*, void*) () from > /opt/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so > > No symbol table info available. > > #4 <signal handler called> > > > I first assumed a bug in the Java plugin, but it works fine in Linux > 4.11.6. > > > The crash will be triggered by any applet, for example the test applet > at: > > * https://java.com/en/download/installed8.jsp > > > I'm running the Ubuntu 16.04 based KDE Neon distribution which somehow > apparently does not allow me to use apport to report this bug: > > > $ LANG= apport-cli linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic > > > > *** Collecting problem information > > > > The collected information can be sent to the developers to improve the > > application. This might take a few minutes. > > ......... > > > > *** Problem in linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic > > > > The problem cannot be reported: > > > > This is not an official KDE package. Please remove any third party > package and try again. > > If someone can tell me how to get apport working for this package, I > can use it to collect additional information, but (unfortunately?) the > problem should be fairly easy to reproduce... > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/commons-daemon/ > +bug/1699772/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699772 Title: linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic Regression: many user-space apps crashing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/commons-daemon/+bug/1699772/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
