Bug#1148747: libmutter-18-0: Copying ~200 MB crashes the compositor

Julien Palard julien at palard.fr
Wed Sep 23 00:34:10 BST 2026


Package: libmutter-18-0
Version: 50.5-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: julien at palard.fr

Dear Maintainer,

Using the following command:

    yes | head -n 100000000 | wl-copy

Or any variation on copying > 200 MB immediatly crashes the wayland compositor.

I discovered this while editing a file with emacs-pgtk: using C-w on a
way-too-big selection (>200MB of text) leads to the exact same crash.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.1.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libmutter-18-0 depends on:
ii  adwaita-icon-theme         51.0-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  51.0-2
ii  libatk1.0-0t64             2.61.90-1
ii  libc6                      2.43-5
ii  libcairo2                  1.18.4-3+b1
ii  libcanberra0               0.30-20+b1
ii  libcolord2                 1.4.8-3
ii  libdisplay-info3           0.3.0-1+b1
ii  libdrm2                    2.4.134-3
ii  libegl1                    1.7.0-3+b1
ii  libeis1                    1.5.0-3+b1
ii  libfribidi0                1.0.16-5+b1
ii  libgbm1                    26.1.6-1
ii  libgl1                     1.7.0-3+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0t64            2.90.0-1
ii  libglycin-2-0              2.1.5+ds-2
ii  libgnome-desktop-4-2t64    51.0-1
ii  libgraphene-1.0-0          1.10.8-5+b2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0             238-7+b2
ii  libharfbuzz0b              12.3.2-2+b2
ii  libinput10                 1.31.3-1
ii  liblcms2-2                 2.19.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.58.0-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.58.0-1
ii  libpipewire-0.3-0t64       1.6.9-1
ii  libpixman-1-0              0.46.4-1+b2
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.12-8+b2
ii  libsystemd0                261.2-1
ii  libudev1                   261.2-1
ii  libwacom9                  2.20.0-1
ii  libwayland-server0         1.26.0-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.8.13-1
ii  libx11-xcb1                2:1.8.13-1
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.11-1+b2
ii  libxcb-res0                1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcb1                    1.17.0-2+b2
ii  libxcomposite1             1:0.4.6-1+b2
ii  libxcursor1                1:1.2.3-1+b2
ii  libxext6                   2:1.3.4-1+b4
ii  libxfixes3                 1:6.0.0-2+b5
ii  libxi6                     2:1.8.3-1
ii  libxinerama1               2:1.1.4-3+b5
ii  libxkbcommon0              1.13.1-1
ii  libxkbregistry0            1.13.1-1
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.5.4-1+b4
ii  mutter-common              50.5-1
ii  mutter-common-bin          50.5-1

libmutter-18-0 recommends no packages.

libmutter-18-0 suggests no packages.

Versions of packages libmutter-18-0 is related to:
ii  libegl-mesa0 [libegl-vendor]  26.1.6-1
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri               26.1.6-1
ii  libglx-mesa0 [libglx-vendor]  26.1.6-1

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