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Bug 634387 - [bbdb] Crash in bbdb_sync_buddy_list_in_thread
[bbdb] Crash in bbdb_sync_buddy_list_in_thread
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Plugins
2.32.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: evolution-plugin-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-11-09 07:06 UTC by Milan Crha
Modified: 2010-11-25 17:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Milan Crha 2010-11-09 07:06:01 UTC
Moving from a downstream bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651025

abrt version: 1.1.13
architecture: x86_64
Attached file: backtrace
cmdline: evolution
component: evolution
crash_function: bbdb_sync_buddy_list_in_thread
executable: /usr/bin/evolution
kernel: 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64
package: evolution-2.32.0-2.fc14
rating: 4
reason: Process /usr/bin/evolution was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
release: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin)
How to reproduce: Tried to sync with pidgin
time: 1289235202
uid: 500

229   if (contacts->next != NULL)

Core was generated by `evolution'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.

Thread 1 (Thread 4474)

  • #0 bbdb_sync_buddy_list_in_thread
    at gaimbuddies.c line 229
  • #1 g_thread_create_proxy
    at gthread.c line 1897
  • #2 start_thread
    at pthread_create.c line 301
  • #3 clone
    at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S line 115

Comment 1 Milan Crha 2010-11-25 17:25:25 UTC
Created commit 2e1a37d in evo master (2.91.3+)
Created commit ed8619d in evo gnome-2-32 (2.32.2+)

On any EBook error in this function the 'contacts' variable was uninitialized, and dereferencing it may cause this crash.