[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#359206: xfce4-panel: xfce4 panel crashes due to a free() of an invalid pointer

[Nando Santagata]

Package: xfce4-panel
Version: 4.2.3-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I'm using sid.
I verified this bug after the last upgrade of the libc6 package.
xfce4-panel lasts about one hour before crashing with the following
error (memory address changes from time to time):

*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x083017a8 ***

I tried to remove the plug-ins one by one, just to determine if the it's
xfce4-panel itself to crash or one of the plugins, but the remove
operation causes xfce4-panel to crash.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX)

Versions of packages xfce4-panel depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.11.3-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                    2.3.6-4         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.10.1-2        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.8.16-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-5  Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.12.0-2        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-5  X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0 0.8-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5  X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxfce4mcs-client-2     4.2.3-1         Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii  libxfce4mcs-manager-2    4.2.3-1         Manager library for Xfce4 configur
ii  libxfce4util-1           4.2.3.2-1       Utility functions library for Xfce
ii  libxfcegui4-3            4.2.3-1         Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii  libxml2                  2.6.23.dfsg.2-3 GNOME XML library
ii  procps                   1:3.2.6-2.1     /proc file system utilities
ii  xlibs                    6.9.0.dfsg.1-5  X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.3-11      compression library - runtime

xfce4-panel recommends no packages.

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