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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