Description of problem: Firefox crashes during startup with latest zlib update installed. (gdb) where #0 0x00007fff9a798d48 in __libc_signal_restore_set (set=0x7ffff15d7978) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal-signals.h:84 #1 0x00007fff9a798d48 in raise (sig=<optimized out>) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:48 #2 0x00007fff941c8898 in () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so #3 0x00007fff9a8004e8 in <signal handler called> () at arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/sigtramp.S #4 0x00007fff9807412c in __crc32_vpmsum (len=<optimized out>, p=<optimized out>, crc=<optimized out>) at contrib/power8-crc/vec_crc32.c:93 #5 0x00007fff9807412c in crc32_vpmsum (crc=4294967295, p=0x0, len=230512) at contrib/power8-crc/vec_crc32.c:93 #6 0x00007fff98063668 in crc32 (crc=<optimized out>, buf=<optimized out>, len=<optimized out>) at crc32.c:316 #7 0x00007fff9070de4c in () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so #8 0x00007fff8fb97ef8 in () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): zlib-1.2.11-16.fc30.ppc64le How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. start Firefox Actual results: a crash Expected results: no crash Additional info: this is on a Power9 Talos II system
FEDORA-2019-98283af827 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-98283af827
The patches from dist-git causing this do not point to any bugzilla number, nor to any discussion on mailing list: git diff 02d52503966dfb7194da30059aa16a212bdf0284..fca6f29cc974602845a3b4eaeffa57d5afa32859
Sorry for that, the bugzillas of patches causing problems are: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659433 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666798 The changes in patch described in #1666798 are probably causing crash and it's already reverted in fedora-all
zlib-1.2.11-17.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-98283af827
zlib-1.2.11-17.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.