Bug#745352: vlc: Segmentation fault when starting vlc with plugins enabled

Yannick Boesmans yannick.boesmans at gmail.com
Sun Apr 20 19:32:42 UTC 2014


Package: vlc
Version: 2.1.2-2+b3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

after trying to enable a custom skin on vlc, it refuses to start and
gives a segmentation fault. If I disable custom skins in my vlcrc file
it starts just fine. I ran vlc in verbose mode and got the following
output:

***
 -vvv
 VLC media player 2.1.2 Rincewind (revision 2.1.2-0-ga4c4876)
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 2.1.2 Rincewind
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2013 the VideoLAN team
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: revision 2.1.2-0-ga4c4876
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: configured with ./configure
 '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man'
 '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--localstatedir=/var'
 '--libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
 '--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
 '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu'
 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro' '--config-cache'
 '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-silent-rules'
 '--disable-update-check' '--enable-fast-install' '--prefix=/usr'
 '--docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-nox' '--libdir=/usr/lib'
 '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--with-binary-version=2+b3' '--enable-a52'
 '--enable-aa' '--enable-bluray' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-caca'
 '--enable-chromaprint' '--enable-dbus' '--enable-dca' '--enable-dirac'
 '--enable-directfb' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-faad'
 '--enable-flac' '--enable-fluidsynth' '--enable-freetype'
 '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-jack' '--enable-kate'
 '--enable-libass' '--enable-libfreerdp' '--enable-libmpeg2'
 '--enable-libxml2' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-live555' '--enable-mad'
 '--enable-mkv' '--enable-mod' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-mtp'
 '--enable-mux_ogg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-notify' '--enable-ogg'
 '--enable-opus' '--enable-oss' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-qt'
 '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-samplerate' '--enable-schroedinger'
 '--enable-sdl' '--enable-sftp' '--enable-shout' '--enable-skins2'
 '--enable-smbclient' '--enable-speex' '--enable-svg' '--enable-taglib'
 '--enable-theora' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-upnp' '--enable-vcd'
 '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-x264' '--enable-zvbi'
 '--with-kde-solid=/usr/share/kde4/apps/solid/actions/'
 '--disable-decklink' '--disable-dxva2' '--disable-fdkaac'
 '--disable-gnomevfs' '--disable-goom' '--disable-libvnc'
 '--disable-opencv' '--disable-projectm' '--disable-quicksync'
 '--disable-sndio' '--disable-telx' '--disable-vsxu' '--disable-wasapi'
 '--enable-alsa' '--enable-atmo' '--enable-dc1394' '--enable-dv1394'
 '--enable-linsys' '--enable-omxil' '--enable-udev' '--enable-libva'
 '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-crystalhd' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-sse'
 '--disable-neon' '--disable-altivec' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector
 --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security'
 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat
 -Werror=format-security' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu'
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file
 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing
 `/usr/lib/vlc/plugins'
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: saving plugins cache
 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 426 modules
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: opening config file
 (/home/yackeroeni/.config/vlc/vlcrc)
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
 [0x164e118] main libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2
 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX FPU 
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: Creating an input for 'Media Library'
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded
 options
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in
 path '/tmp'
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug:
 `file/xspf-open:///home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' gives
 access `file' demux `xspf-open' path
 `/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: creating demux: access='file'
 demux='xspf-open' location='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 file='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 [0x166ba68] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module matching
 "file": 20 candidates
 [0x166ba68] main demux debug: no access_demux modules matched
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: creating access 'file'
 location='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf',
 path='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 [0x17160d8] main access debug: looking for access module matching
 "file": 25 candidates
 [0x17160d8] filesystem access debug: opening file
 `/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 [0x17160d8] main access debug: using access module "filesystem"
 [0x1716e38] main stream debug: Using stream method for AStream*
 [0x1716e38] main stream debug: starting pre-buffering
 [0x1716e38] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms
 [0x1716e38] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 296 bytes in 0s -
 24088 KiB/s
 [0x1717098] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module
 matching "any": 9 candidates
 [0x1717098] main stream debug: no stream_filter modules matched
 [0x1717098] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module
 matching "record": 9 candidates
 [0x1717098] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "record"
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: creating demux: access='file'
 demux='xspf-open' location='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 file='/home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 [0x171a0b8] main demux debug: looking for demux module matching
 "xspf-open": 63 candidates
 [0x171a0b8] playlist demux debug: using XSPF playlist reader
 [0x171a0b8] main demux debug: using demux module "playlist"
 [0x171a3a8] main demux meta debug: looking for meta reader module
 matching "any": 2 candidates
 [0x171a3a8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in
 /home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
 [0x171a3a8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in
 /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader
 [0x171a3a8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua playlist script
 /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac
 [0x171a3a8] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in
 /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
 [0x171a3a8] main demux meta debug: no meta reader modules matched
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug:
 `file/xspf-open:///home/yackeroeni/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
 successfully opened
 [0x17237b8] main xml reader debug: looking for xml reader module
 matching "any": 1 candidates
 [0x17237b8] main xml reader debug: using xml reader module "xml"
 [0x171a0b8] playlist demux debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully
 [0x1678ee8] main input debug: EOF reached
 [0x171a0b8] main demux debug: removing module "playlist"
 [0x1717098] main stream debug: removing module "record"
 [0x17160d8] main access debug: removing module "filesystem"
 [0x16623a8] main playlist debug: creating audio output
 [0x17269d8] main audio output debug: looking for audio output module
 matching "any": 6 candidates
 [0x17269d8] pulse audio output debug: using library version 5.0.0
 [0x17269d8] pulse audio output debug:  (compiled with version 5.0.0,
 protocol 29)
 [0x17269d8] pulse audio output debug: connected locally to
 unix:/run/user/1000/pulse/native as client #23
 [0x17269d8] pulse audio output debug: using protocol 29, server
 protocol 29
 [0x17269d8] main audio output debug: using audio output module "pulse"
 [0x17269d8] pulse audio output debug: adding sink 0:
 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo (Built-in Audio Analog
 Stereo)
 [0x16623a8] main playlist debug: keeping audio output
 [0x1667fd8] main interface debug: looking for interface module matching
 "hotkeys,none": 19 candidates
 [0x1667fd8] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
 [0x166b1b8] main interface debug: looking for interface module matching
 "globalhotkeys,none": 19 candidates
 [0x166b1b8] main interface debug: using interface module
 "globalhotkeys"
 [0x1725a78] main interface debug: looking for interface module matching
 "dbus,none": 19 candidates
 [0x1725a78] dbus interface debug: listening on dbus as:
 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.vlc.instance4407
 [0x1725a78] main interface debug: using interface module "dbus"
 [0x1683138] main interface debug: looking for interface module matching
 "skins2,any": 19 candidates
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: EWMH: supported 1
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE support: yes
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN support:
 yes
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP support:
 no
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE support: yes
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY support: no
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: _NET_WM_PID support: yes
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: number of monitors detected : 1
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug:   monitor #0 : 1920x1080 at +0+0
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: cannot open directory share/skins2
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: found skin
 /usr/share/vlc/skins2/deepdark.vlt
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: found skin
 /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default.vlt
 [0x1683138] skins2 interface debug: requested skins
 /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default.vlt is  accessible
 [0x7fc9ac023d88] main generic debug: looking for dialogs provider
 module matching "any": 1 candidates
 [0x7fc9ac023d88] main generic debug: using dialogs provider module
 "qt4"
 Segmentation fault
 ***

I also filed a report on the vlc tracking site.

Thanks for looking at this.

Yannick

System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  dpkg                      1.17.6
ii  fonts-freefont-ttf        20120503-4
ii  libaa1                    1.4p5-42
ii  libavcodec54              6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libavutil52               6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libc6                     2.18-4
ii  libcaca0                  0.99.beta18-1.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-1
ii  libfribidi0               0.19.6-1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.8.2-16
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  10.1.0-5
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.8-2
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.5+git242-g0315971+dfsg-2
ii  libsdl-image1.2           1.2.12-5+b2
ii  libsdl1.2debian           1.2.15-9
ii  libsm6                    2:1.2.1-2
ii  libstdc++6                4.8.2-16
ii  libtar0                   1.2.20-3
ii  libva-x11-1               1.3.0-2
ii  libva1                    1.3.0-2
ii  libvlccore7               2.1.2-2+b3
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-1
ii  libxcb-composite0         1.10-2
ii  libxcb-keysyms1           0.3.9-1
ii  libxcb-randr0             1.10-2
ii  libxcb-render0            1.10-2
ii  libxcb-shape0             1.10-2
ii  libxcb-shm0               1.10-2
ii  libxcb-xfixes0            1.10-2
ii  libxcb-xv0                1.10-2
ii  libxcb1                   1.10-2
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxinerama1              2:1.1.3-1
ii  libxpm4                   1:3.5.10-1
ii  vlc-nox                   2.1.2-2+b3
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages vlc recommends:
ii  vlc-plugin-notify  2.1.2-2+b3
ii  vlc-plugin-pulse   2.1.2-2+b3
ii  xdg-utils          1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  videolan-doc  <none>

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  dpkg                       1.17.6
ii  liba52-0.7.4               0.7.4-17
ii  libasound2                 1.0.27.2-3
ii  libass4                    0.10.1-3
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.31-4
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.31-4
ii  libavc1394-0               0.5.4-2
ii  libavcodec54               6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libavformat54              6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libavutil52                6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libbasicusageenvironment0  2014.01.13-1
ii  libbluray1                 1:0.5.0-2
ii  libc6                      2.18-4
ii  libcddb2                   1.3.2-4
ii  libcdio13                  0.83-4.1
ii  libchromaprint0            1.1-1
ii  libcrystalhd3              1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-9
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.8.0-3
ii  libdc1394-22               2.2.2-1
ii  libdca0                    0.0.5-6
ii  libdirac-decoder0          1.0.2-6
ii  libdirac-encoder0          1.0.2-6
ii  libdirectfb-1.2-9          1.2.10.0-5
ii  libdvbpsi9                 1.1.2-2
ii  libdvdnav4                 4.2.1-3
ii  libdvdread4                4.2.1-2
ii  libebml4                   1.3.0-2
ii  libfaad2                   2.7-8
ii  libflac8                   1.3.0-2
ii  libfontconfig1             2.11.0-2
ii  libfreerdp1                1.0.2-4
ii  libfreetype6               2.5.2-1
ii  libfribidi0                0.19.6-1
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.8.2-16
ii  libgcrypt11                1.5.3-4
ii  libgnutls28                3.2.13-1
ii  libgpg-error0              1.12-0.2
ii  libgroupsock1              2014.01.13-1
ii  libiso9660-8               0.83-4.1
ii  libkate1                   0.4.1-1
ii  liblircclient0             0.9.0~pre1-1
ii  liblivemedia23             2014.01.13-1
ii  liblua5.2-0                5.2.3-1
ii  libmad0                    0.15.1b-8
ii  libmatroska6               1.4.1-2
ii  libmodplug1                1:0.8.8.4-4.1
ii  libmpcdec6                 2:0.1~r459-4.1
ii  libmpeg2-4                 0.5.1-5
ii  libmtp9                    1.1.6-20-g1b9f164-2
ii  libncursesw5               5.9+20140118-1
ii  libogg0                    1.3.1-1
ii  libopus0                   1.1-1
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.50-1
ii  libpostproc52              6:0.git20120821-4
ii  libraw1394-11              2.1.0-1
ii  libresid-builder0c2a       2.1.1-14
ii  libsamplerate0             0.1.8-7
ii  libschroedinger-1.0-0      1.0.11-2
ii  libshout3                  2.3.1-3
ii  libsidplay2                2.1.1-14
ii  libsmbclient               2:4.1.6+dfsg-1
ii  libspeex1                  1.2~rc1.1-1
ii  libspeexdsp1               1.2~rc1.1-1
ii  libssh2-1                  1.4.3-2
ii  libstdc++6                 4.8.2-16
ii  libswscale2                6:9.11-3+b2
ii  libtag1c2a                 1.9.1-2
ii  libtheora0                 1.1.1+dfsg.1-3.2
ii  libtinfo5                  5.9+20140118-1
ii  libtwolame0                0.3.13-1
ii  libudev1                   204-8
ii  libupnp6                   1:1.6.17-1.2
ii  libusageenvironment1       2014.01.13-1
ii  libusb-1.0-0               2:1.0.18-2
ii  libvcdinfo0                0.7.24+dfsg-0.1
ii  libvlc5                    2.1.2-2+b3
ii  libvlccore7                2.1.2-2+b3
ii  libvorbis0a                1.3.2-1.3
ii  libvorbisenc2              1.3.2-1.3
ii  libx264-142                2:0.142.2389+git956c8d8-4
ii  libxml2                    2.9.1+dfsg1-3
ii  libzvbi0                   0.2.33-7
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages vlc-nox recommends:
pn  libdvdcss2  <none>

Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on:
ii  dpkg         1.17.6
ii  libc6        2.18-4
ii  libvlccore7  2.1.2-2+b3

Versions of packages libvlccore7 depends on:
ii  dpkg            1.17.6
ii  libc6           2.18-4
ii  libdbus-1-3     1.8.0-3
ii  libidn11        1.28-1
ii  libproxy-tools  0.4.11-4
ii  vlc-data        2.1.2-2

Versions of packages vlc is related to:
pn  libavutil50  <none>
ii  libavutil51  6:0.8.7-1

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