Bug 750305

Summary: flegita segfaults when attempting to enumerate remote SANE scanners
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: James <james>
Component: gnome-scanAssignee: Deji Akingunola <dakingun>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 15CC: dakingun
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: abrt_hash:8103e73a8a481eff74d140ba59080441ead1cc2b
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
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Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-08-07 15:51:39 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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File: maps
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Description James 2011-10-31 16:14:07 UTC
abrt version: 2.0.3
architecture:   x86_64
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        flegita
component:      gnome-scan
crash_function: gss_option_get_param_spec
executable:     /usr/bin/flegita
kernel:         2.6.40.6-2.jhe.jhe.fc15.x86_64
os_release:     Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
package:        gnome-scan-0.6.2-7.fc15
reason:         Process /usr/bin/flegita was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
time:           Mon Oct 31 16:05:20 2011
uid:            500
username:       james

backtrace:      Text file, 78438 bytes
dso_list:       Text file, 20683 bytes
maps:           Text file, 76718 bytes

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comment:
:Flegita crashed when enumerating network-attached scanners.
:I have configured a SANE_NET_HOSTS environment variable
:to include the name of a machine running saned 1.0.19. Segfault
:results. 
:
:sane-backends-1.0.22-5.fc15.x86_64
:sane-backends-drivers-scanners-1.0.22-5.fc15.x86_64
:sane-backends-libs-1.0.22-5.fc15.x86_64
:
:xsane and gscan2pdf run fine with the remote scanners.

environ:
:ORBIT_SOCKETDIR=/tmp/orbit-james
:'LDFLAGS=-L/home/james/local/lib -L/home/james/local/lib '
:MANPATH=/home/james/local/share/man:/home/james/local/share/man:
:XDG_SESSION_ID=1
:HOSTNAME=rhapsody
:IMSETTINGS_INTEGRATE_DESKTOP=yes
:GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-SzBwwa/gpg:0:1
:TERM=xterm
:SHELL=/bin/bash
:HISTSIZE=1000
:XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=d8979e805ee9947d4ac08e580000000d-1320007689.85592-1633437032
:GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
:WINDOWID=44048020
:GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-SzBwwa
:QTDIR=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3
:QTINC=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/include
:'GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG'
:IMSETTINGS_MODULE=none
:USER=james
:LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=01;36:*.au=01;36:*.flac=01;36:*.mid=01;36:*.midi=01;36:*.mka=01;36:*.mp3=01;36:*.mpc=01;36:*.ogg=01;36:*.ra=01;36:*.wav=01;36:*.axa=01;36:*.oga=01;36:*.spx=01;36:*.xspf=01;36:
:LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/james/local/lib:/home/james/local/lib:
:CPATH=/home/james/local/include:/home/james/local/include:
:SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-SzBwwa/ssh
:USERNAME=james
:SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1704,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1704
:PATH=/home/james/local/bin:/home/james/local/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
:MAIL=/var/spool/mail/james
:DESKTOP_SESSION=gnome
:QT_IM_MODULE=xim
:PWD=/home/james
:XMODIFIERS=@im=none
:GNOME_KEYRING_PID=1696
:LANG=en_GB.utf8
:KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1
:MODULEPATH=/usr/share/Modules/modulefiles:/etc/modulefiles
:GDM_LANG=en_GB.utf8
:LOADEDMODULES=
:KDEDIRS=/usr
:SANE_NET_HOSTS=selene.ettle.lan:
:'PS1=[\\u@\\[\\033[1;34m\\]\\h\\[\\033[0m\\] \\W]\\$ '
:GDMSESSION=gnome
:HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
:HOME=/home/james
:SHLVL=2
:'CFLAGS=-I/home/james/local/include -I/home/james/local/include '
:GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
:LOGNAME=james
:QTLIB=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib
:CVS_RSH=ssh
:DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-nbrJRMNlQ6,guid=162b2c3b64b66170d6db602b00000034
:MODULESHOME=/usr/share/Modules
:'LESSOPEN=||/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s'
:PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/home/james/local/lib/pkgconfig:/home/james/local/lib/pkgconfig:
:WINDOWPATH=1
:XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/james
:DISPLAY=:0
:G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
:COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
:XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-james-47p3Ri/database
:'module=() {  eval `/usr/bin/modulecmd bash $*`\n}'
:_=/usr/bin/flegita

var_log_messages:
:Oct 31 16:02:57 rhapsody flegita: io/hpmud/hpmud.c 214: io/hpmud/hpmud.c: service_to_channel(): sn=HP-LEDM-SCAN
:Oct 31 16:03:56 rhapsody flegita: io/hpmud/hpmud.c 214: io/hpmud/hpmud.c: service_to_channel(): sn=HP-LEDM-SCAN
:Oct 31 16:04:55 rhapsody flegita: io/hpmud/hpmud.c 214: io/hpmud/hpmud.c: service_to_channel(): sn=HP-LEDM-SCAN
:Oct 31 16:05:20 rhapsody kernel: [69469.085290] flegita[12020]: segfault at 24 ip 00007f342fcbbc76 sp 00007f342d1b1b40 error 4 in libgsane.so[7f342fcb6000+b000]
:Oct 31 16:05:21 rhapsody abrt[12021]: saved core dump of pid 11981 (/usr/bin/flegita) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-10-31-16:05:20-11981.new/coredump (62054400 bytes)

Comment 1 James 2011-10-31 16:14:12 UTC
Created attachment 530996 [details]
File: dso_list

Comment 2 James 2011-10-31 16:14:14 UTC
Created attachment 530997 [details]
File: maps

Comment 3 James 2011-10-31 16:14:16 UTC
Created attachment 530998 [details]
File: backtrace

Comment 4 James 2011-12-11 23:22:35 UTC
Still present in F16, gnome-scan-0.6.2-7.fc15.x86_64. Remote sane server shares two scanners: a Canon LiDE 25, and an HP Deskjet f2280 all-in-one.


$ flegita
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: Initializing gnome-scan 0.6.2 for flegita (flegita)
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: gsane-module.c:39: SANE version is 1.0.22
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: Ignoring virtual device v4l:/dev/video0
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: SANE device v4l:/dev/video0 failed or ignored
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: Number of options ():
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG:  gint none (GParamInt), (null)
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG:  default = 45 ; flags = {writable}
** (flegita:20024): DEBUG: 
[sanei_wire] sanei_w_array: DECODE: maximum amount of allocated memory exceeded (limit: 1048576, new allocation: 6603262080, total: 6604310656 bytes)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Comment 5 James 2012-05-08 23:13:02 UTC
Has gnome-scan been dropped from F17? Can't find a version to test...

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