I didn't manage to work out why this is happening, but gnome-software 3.25.4 replaced this code with the AsIcon code and it doesn't seem to be occuring anymore. This change was backporter to 3.22 and 3.20 and should hopefully fix this issue.
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Zesty) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu Artful) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708140 Title: /usr/bin/gnome- software:11:gs_plugin_snap_set_app_pixbuf_from_data:load_icon:gs_plugin_refine_app:gs_plugin_loader_run_refine:gs_plugin_loader_search_thread_cb Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in gnome-software source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] errors.ubuntu.com [1] is showing crashes in the icon caching code. Inspection and testing of this code doesn't show any reason why this code path can occur. [Test Case] 1. Check errors.ubuntu.com for crash reports in the icon cache code Expected result: Errors do not occur. Observed result: Errors occur. [Regression Potential] Some risk of introducing new bugs in the icon handling code. The code is similar to what has been released into Artful, but needed to be modified to work with the older version of gnome-software in Xenial (the Zesty change is the same as Artful). [1] https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3a1f24323eae90094dc223360e9f0e56deb5e56d To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1708140/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp