** Description changed:
+ Impact
+ ======
+
+ apport-unpack and whoopsie-upload-all can crash when fed with a
+ malformed problem report. They should print a proper error message
+ instead of crashing.
+
+ Test Plan
+ =========
+
+ 1. Create malformed report:
+ ```
+ printf 'AB\xfc:CD\n' > malformed.crash
+ ```
+ 2. Try to unpack it:
+ ```
+ apport-unpack malformed.crash unpack
+ ```
+
+ It should print an error message instead of a stack trace.
+
+ Where problems could occur
+ ==========================
+
+ The patch touches the problem report handling and therefore can affect
+ apport-unpack, apport-bug, whoopsie-upload-all. The change is covered
+ with tests and apport has a test suite running during build and as
+ autopkgtest.
+
+ Original report
+ ===============
+
The latest GitKraken client (8.10.2 x64) is crashed every minute in
cycle when you doing a rebase. When I try to inspect crash log to find
the reason, the apport-unpack is not be able to process it:
/var/lib/apport/coredump$ sudo apport-unpack
core._snap_gitkraken_199_usr_share_gitkraken_gitkraken.1000.5de91c04-23ab-45c8-933c-0466d56e9fad.135785.50225891
unpack
- [sudo] пароль для mingun:
+ [sudo] пароль для mingun:
Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/usr/bin/apport-unpack", line 59, in <module>
- pr.load(f, binary=False)
- File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 194, in load
- key = key.decode('ASCII')
+ File "/usr/bin/apport-unpack", line 59, in <module>
+ pr.load(f, binary=False)
+ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 194, in load
+ key = key.decode('ASCII')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 56:
ordinal not in range(128)
Unfortunately, crash file is too big (~9GB) and does not compress
further
** Also affects: apport (Ubuntu Kinetic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Impact
======
apport-unpack and whoopsie-upload-all can crash when fed with a
malformed problem report. They should print a proper error message
- instead of crashing.
+ instead of crashing. This bug does not happen that often, but the fix
+ for this bug is the foundation for the fix for bug #1995100.
Test Plan
=========
1. Create malformed report:
```
printf 'AB\xfc:CD\n' > malformed.crash
```
2. Try to unpack it:
```
apport-unpack malformed.crash unpack
```
It should print an error message instead of a stack trace.
Where problems could occur
==========================
The patch touches the problem report handling and therefore can affect
apport-unpack, apport-bug, whoopsie-upload-all. The change is covered
with tests and apport has a test suite running during build and as
autopkgtest.
Original report
===============
The latest GitKraken client (8.10.2 x64) is crashed every minute in
cycle when you doing a rebase. When I try to inspect crash log to find
the reason, the apport-unpack is not be able to process it:
/var/lib/apport/coredump$ sudo apport-unpack
core._snap_gitkraken_199_usr_share_gitkraken_gitkraken.1000.5de91c04-23ab-45c8-933c-0466d56e9fad.135785.50225891
unpack
[sudo] пароль для mingun:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apport-unpack", line 59, in <module>
pr.load(f, binary=False)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 194, in load
key = key.decode('ASCII')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 56:
ordinal not in range(128)
Unfortunately, crash file is too big (~9GB) and does not compress
further
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1996040
Title:
apport-unpack cannot load gitkraken crash report - 'ascii' codec can't
decode byte 0xfc in position 56
Status in Apport:
Fix Released
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in apport source package in Kinetic:
New
Bug description:
Impact
======
apport-unpack and whoopsie-upload-all can crash when fed with a
malformed problem report. They should print a proper error message
instead of crashing. This bug does not happen that often, but the fix
for this bug is the foundation for the fix for bug #1995100.
Test Plan
=========
1. Create malformed report:
```
printf 'AB\xfc:CD\n' > malformed.crash
```
2. Try to unpack it:
```
apport-unpack malformed.crash unpack
```
It should print an error message instead of a stack trace.
Where problems could occur
==========================
The patch touches the problem report handling and therefore can affect
apport-unpack, apport-bug, whoopsie-upload-all. The change is covered
with tests and apport has a test suite running during build and as
autopkgtest.
Original report
===============
The latest GitKraken client (8.10.2 x64) is crashed every minute in
cycle when you doing a rebase. When I try to inspect crash log to find
the reason, the apport-unpack is not be able to process it:
/var/lib/apport/coredump$ sudo apport-unpack
core._snap_gitkraken_199_usr_share_gitkraken_gitkraken.1000.5de91c04-23ab-45c8-933c-0466d56e9fad.135785.50225891
unpack
[sudo] пароль для mingun:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apport-unpack", line 59, in <module>
pr.load(f, binary=False)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 194, in load
key = key.decode('ASCII')
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 56:
ordinal not in range(128)
Unfortunately, crash file is too big (~9GB) and does not compress
further
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