Re: [gentoo-user] mozilla-firefox-1.0.8 \w xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7 problem

[Matthias Langer]

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 17:04 -0700, Steven Susbauer wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 May 2006, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
>
> > > > > > >recently my sister descovered a strange and serious bug with
> > > > > > >mozilla-firefox-1.0.8 in combination with xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7. After
> > > > > > >visiting
> > > > > > >http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=36939781
> > > > > > >xorg shuts down immediatly direct access to the box via the terminal
> > > > > > >is
> > > > > > >impossible. logging in remotley via ssh still works ...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >can anyone with the above combination verify this ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Yep. Killed my X too. I have these same versions of xorg and firefox.
> > > > > >Fortunately I got a kdm login prompt again. The only relevant messages
> > > > > >I could find in the logs:
> > > > > >
> > > > > ># cat /var/log/messages
> > > > > >...
> > > > > >May 26 01:10:39 baikal kdm[11220]: X server for display :0 terminated
> > > > > >unexpectedly
> > > > > >...
> > > > > >
> > > > > ># cat /var/log/kdm.log
> > > > > >...
> > > > > >*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x096128c0
> > > > > >***
> > > > > >...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >You probably should file a bug.
> > > > > >Please post to the list if you have any new info on the subject.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >I've now filed a bug:
> > > > >http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134373
> > > > >
> > > > >If you are experiencing the same behavour, please post a comment on that
> > > > >bug including 'emerge --info', use-flag combinations for xorg-x11 and
> > > > >firefox and relevant log entries.
> > > >
> > > >I've just tried to open the link above with flash plugin disabled
> > > >and the page is gone:
> > > >
> > > >Invalid Friend ID.
> > > >This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been
> > > >deleted.
> > >
> > >
> > > That's what i feared. With that page gone (this wasn't the page of my
> > > sister) it might be nearly impossible to reproduce this bug.
> >
> > Shoot. That's a pity.
> > I still think there's a problem with either flash or sound.
> > Next time then.
> > Sasha
> >
> >
>
> Does the Google cached page do the same thing? Hurry up and get it, I
> don't know how long google's gonna have it up ;)
>
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PlfW7wO2VaEJ:profile.myspace.com/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser.viewprofile%26friendid%3D36939781+&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a
>
> My guess is it has something to do with the flash mp3 player on their page
> (I see nothing else out of the ordinary). It comes from
> http://www.myspacegeeks.com/myspace-generators/flash-mp3-player/ - that
> page may/should kill everything as well if that was the problem.
>
> I had no problems with anything freezing up on Windows, but firefox would
> no longer type after having that window open for a few moments. It could
> have been something else I did, but the behavior stopped after I closed
> the profile.

Thanks for sharing this information. For myself, i don't think that it
is worth the effort to go back to 1.0.8 from 1.5.0.3 as i heard that
this may lead to problems; besides, i've allready verified that i can
reproduce the bug. It would be most valuable if anyone else here with an
appropriate system could give these pages a try and post to bug 134373.

Matthias

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