Bug 2481872 - glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45 causes google-chrome-stable crash on startup
Summary: glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45 causes google-chrome-stable crash on startup
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: glibc
Version: rawhide
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Carlos O'Donell
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-05-27 11:11 UTC by Yanko Kaneti
Modified: 2026-05-29 09:22 UTC (History)
18 users (show)

Fixed In Version: glibc-2.43.9000-18.fc45
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-05-29 07:11:04 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Yanko Kaneti 2026-05-27 11:11:07 UTC
With glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45 starting google-chrome-stable-148.0.7778.178-1.x86_64 results in a crash.

Downgrading to glibc-2.43.9000-16.fc45 allows chrome ot start ok

$ google-chrome
Illegal instruction        (core dumped) google-chrome

       Message: Process 44018 (chrome) of user 1004 dumped core.
                
                Module libtinfo.so.6 from rpm ncurses-6.6-2.fc45.x86_64
                Module libedit.so.0 from rpm libedit-3.1-59.20260512cvs.fc45.x86_64
                Module libzstd.so.1 from rpm zstd-1.5.7-5.fc44.x86_64
                Module libbrotlicommon.so.1 from rpm brotli-1.2.0-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module liblzma.so.5 from rpm xz-5.8.3-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libgraphite2.so.3 from rpm graphite2-1.3.14-20.fc44.x86_64
                Module libdatrie.so.1 from rpm libdatrie-0.2.14-2.fc44.x86_64
                Module libbrotlidec.so.1 from rpm brotli-1.2.0-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module libbz2.so.1 from rpm bzip2-1.0.8-23.fc44.x86_64
                Module libxml2.so.2 from rpm libxml2-2.13.9-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libgmp.so.10 from rpm gmp-6.3.0-5.fc44.x86_64
                Module libnettle.so.8 from rpm nettle-3.10.1-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module libhogweed.so.6 from rpm nettle-3.10.1-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module libtasn1.so.6 from rpm libtasn1-4.21.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libunistring.so.5 from rpm libunistring-1.1-11.fc44.x86_64
                Module libidn2.so.0 from rpm libidn2-2.3.8-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module libp11-kit.so.0 from rpm p11-kit-0.26.2-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libresolv.so.2 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Module libcrypto.so.3 from rpm openssl-3.5.6-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libkeyutils.so.1 from rpm keyutils-1.6.3-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libkrb5support.so.0 from rpm krb5-1.22.2-7.fc45.x86_64
                Module libcom_err.so.2 from rpm e2fsprogs-1.47.4-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libk5crypto.so.3 from rpm krb5-1.22.2-7.fc45.x86_64
                Module libkrb5.so.3 from rpm krb5-1.22.2-7.fc45.x86_64
                Module libblkid.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.42.1-4.fc45.x86_64
                Module libXi.so.6 from rpm libXi-1.8.3-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libharfbuzz.so.0 from rpm harfbuzz-14.2.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libthai.so.0 from rpm libthai-0.1.30-2.fc44.x86_64
                Module libfribidi.so.0 from rpm fribidi-1.0.16-4.fc44.x86_64
                Module libpixman-1.so.0 from rpm pixman-0.46.2-3.fc44.x86_64
                Module libxcb-shm.so.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libxcb-render.so.0 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libXrender.so.1 from rpm libXrender-0.9.12-4.fc44.x86_64
                Module libfreetype.so.6 from rpm freetype-2.14.3-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libfontconfig.so.1 from rpm fontconfig-2.17.0-4.fc44.x86_64
                Module libpng16.so.16 from rpm libpng-1.6.58-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libdrm.so.2 from rpm libdrm-2.4.133-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libXau.so.6 from rpm libXau-1.0.12-4.fc44.x86_64
                Module libgnutls.so.30 from rpm gnutls-3.8.13-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libavahi-client.so.3 from rpm avahi-0.9~rc2-8.fc44.x86_64
                Module libavahi-common.so.3 from rpm avahi-0.9~rc2-8.fc44.x86_64
                Module libgssapi_krb5.so.2 from rpm krb5-1.22.2-7.fc45.x86_64
                Module libsystemd.so.0 from rpm systemd-261~rc2-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libselinux.so.1 from rpm libselinux-3.10-1.fc44.x86_64
                Module libmount.so.1 from rpm util-linux-2.42.1-4.fc45.x86_64
                Module libz.so.1 from rpm zlib-ng-2.3.3-5.fc45.x86_64
                Module libgmodule-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.89.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libplds4.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.x86_64
                Module libplc4.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.x86_64
                Module libffi.so.8 from rpm libffi-3.5.2-2.fc44.x86_64
                Module libpcre2-8.so.0 from rpm pcre2-10.47-1.fc44.1.x86_64
                Module ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Module libc.so.6 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Module libatspi.so.0 from rpm at-spi2-core-2.60.4-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libXrandr.so.2 from rpm libXrandr-1.5.4-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libXfixes.so.3 from rpm libXfixes-6.0.1-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libXdamage.so.1 from rpm libXdamage-1.1.6-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libXcomposite.so.1 from rpm libXcomposite-0.4.6-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libm.so.6 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Module libudev.so.1 from rpm systemd-261~rc2-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libpango-1.0.so.0 from rpm pango-1.57.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libcairo.so.2 from rpm cairo-1.18.4-6.fc44.x86_64
                Module libXext.so.6 from rpm libXext-1.3.6-5.fc44.x86_64
                Module libX11.so.6 from rpm libX11-1.8.13-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libgbm.so.1 from rpm mesa-26.1.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libasound.so.2 from rpm alsa-lib-1.2.15.3-4.fc45.x86_64
                Module libxkbcommon.so.0 from rpm libxkbcommon-1.13.1-2.fc44.x86_64
                Module libxcb.so.1 from rpm libxcb-1.17.0-7.fc44.x86_64
                Module libexpat.so.1 from rpm expat-2.8.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libcups.so.2 from rpm cups-2.4.19-3.fc45.x86_64
                Module libdbus-1.so.3 from rpm dbus-1.16.2-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 from rpm at-spi2-core-2.60.4-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libatk-1.0.so.0 from rpm at-spi2-core-2.60.4-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libgio-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.89.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libsmime3.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libnssutil3.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libnss3.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libnspr4.so from rpm nss-3.123.1-1.fc44.x86_64
                Module libgobject-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.89.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libglib-2.0.so.0 from rpm glib2-2.89.0-1.fc45.x86_64
                Module libpthread.so.0 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Module libdl.so.2 from rpm glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45.x86_64
                Stack trace of thread 44018:
                #0  0x00005608cba9847e n/a (chrome + 0x445647e)
                #1  0x00005608cba9c15a n/a (chrome + 0x445a15a)
                #2  0x00005608ccb95436 n/a (chrome + 0x5553436)
                #3  0x00005608cc8d3da8 n/a (chrome + 0x5291da8)
                #4  0x00005608cbfd62d9 n/a (chrome + 0x49942d9)
                #5  0x00005608cbfd6e36 n/a (chrome + 0x4994e36)
                #6  0x00005608ccdc520e n/a (chrome + 0x578320e)
                #7  0x00005608ccdc5957 ChromeMain (chrome + 0x5783957)
                #8  0x00007fa94428e301 __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x7d301)
                #9  0x00007fa94428e418 __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (libc.so.6 + 0x7d418)
                #10 0x00005608cda60c9a _start (chrome + 0x641ec9a)
                
                Stack trace of thread 44037:
                #0  0x00007fa944306682 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xf5682)
                #1  0x00007fa9442fa8ac __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98ac)
                #2  0x00007fa9442fa8f4 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98f4)
                #3  0x00007fa94436a34f wait4 (libc.so.6 + 0x15934f)
                #4  0x00005608cc752802 n/a (chrome + 0x5110802)
                #5  0x00005608cc752634 n/a (chrome + 0x5110634)
                #6  0x00005608cc7525ce n/a (chrome + 0x51105ce)
                #7  0x00005608cb8468f5 n/a (chrome + 0x42048f5)
                #8  0x00007fa9442fdf99 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xecf99)
                #9  0x00007fa944381e5c __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x170e5c)
                
                Stack trace of thread 44045:
                #0  0x00007fa944306682 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xf5682)
                #1  0x00007fa9442fa8ac __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98ac)
                #2  0x00007fa9442fabf7 __GI___futex_abstimed_wait_cancelable64 (libc.so.6 + 0xe9bf7)
                #3  0x00007fa9442fd662 pthread_cond_timedwait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 (libc.so.6 + 0xec662)
                #4  0x00005608ca4959f6 n/a (chrome + 0x2e539f6)
                #5  0x00005608ca4954fa n/a (chrome + 0x2e534fa)
                #6  0x00005608d1d4008f n/a (chrome + 0xa6fe08f)
                #7  0x00005608d1d401d3 n/a (chrome + 0xa6fe1d3)
                #8  0x00005608cb8468f5 n/a (chrome + 0x42048f5)
                #9  0x00007fa9442fdf99 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xecf99)
                #10 0x00007fa944381e5c __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x170e5c)
                
                Stack trace of thread 44031:
                #0  0x00007fa944306682 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xf5682)
                #1  0x00007fa9442fa8ac __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98ac)
                #2  0x00007fa9442fa8f4 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98f4)
                #3  0x00007fa9443745ee __poll (libc.so.6 + 0x1635ee)
                #4  0x00005608cc750d4c n/a (chrome + 0x510ed4c)
                #5  0x00005608cb8468f5 n/a (chrome + 0x42048f5)
                #6  0x00007fa9442fdf99 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xecf99)
                #7  0x00007fa944381e5c __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x170e5c)
                
                Stack trace of thread 44046:
                #0  0x00007fa944306682 __syscall_cancel_arch (libc.so.6 + 0xf5682)
                #1  0x00007fa9442fa8ac __internal_syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98ac)
                #2  0x00007fa9442fa8f4 __syscall_cancel (libc.so.6 + 0xe98f4)
                #3  0x00007fa944382135 epoll_wait (libc.so.6 + 0x171135)
                #4  0x00005608ca5fc43f n/a (chrome + 0x2fba43f)
                #5  0x00005608cac72907 n/a (chrome + 0x3630907)
                #6  0x00005608cac72031 n/a (chrome + 0x3630031)
                #7  0x00005608cac71ef8 n/a (chrome + 0x362fef8)
                #8  0x00005608cb845f17 n/a (chrome + 0x4203f17)
                #9  0x00005608cb8468f5 n/a (chrome + 0x42048f5)
                #10 0x00007fa9442fdf99 start_thread (libc.so.6 + 0xecf99)
                #11 0x00007fa944381e5c __clone3 (libc.so.6 + 0x170e5c)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Nathan 2026-05-27 15:11:34 UTC
Hello Yanko Kaneti,

 What happens:

   ° With glibc-2.43.9000-17.fc45, Chrome crashes immediately with:
        - Illegal instruction (core dumped)
   
   ° After downgrading to glibc-2.43.9000-16.fc45, Chrome starts correctly.
   
   ° This indicates the issue is not Chrome itself, but a change introduced in the new glibc version or in how it interacts with your system.


 Why:

   ° The crash reports Illegal instruction, which means Chrome is executing an instruction that the CPU/environment does not support or that was generated incorrectly.

   ° The fact that the problem appears only with glibc-2.43.9000-17 and disappears with glibc-2.43.9000-16 makes it very likely a regression in glibc.


 How to downgrade:
  
    ° Paste this command into the terminal:sudo dnf downgrade glibc-2.43.9000-16.fc45 glibc-common-2.43.9000-16.fc45

 If the problem persists, do not hesitate to comment again on this ticket.

Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2026-05-27 15:35:41 UTC
Nathan, please do not:

1. Copy and paste AI answers. People can very easily run stuff through an LLM themselves, if they want to hear what an LLM has to say about it. Copy/pasting AI text with no human input is not useful.
2. Re-assign or close bugs without doing anything to fix them.

Comment 3 Kevin Fenzi 2026-05-27 15:45:20 UTC
FYI, -17 has been untagged from rawhide: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/tickets/issues/13366

Comment 4 Yann Droneaud 2026-05-27 18:49:57 UTC
Likely related to bug #2481846

Comment 5 Frédéric Bérat 2026-05-28 06:10:07 UTC
Assuming the issue is the same as BZ#2481846 it'll be fixed by today's sync.

Comment 6 Frédéric Bérat 2026-05-29 05:31:52 UTC
@yaneti The fix for BZ#2481846 as landed in glibc-2.43.9000-18.fc45, may you double check that fixes your issue too ?

Comment 7 Yanko Kaneti 2026-05-29 07:11:04 UTC
-18 fixes the chrome startup crash.
Thanks.


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