The crash is due to AppArmor. Adding the following to the profile for /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser gets things working again:
capability sys_admin, capability sys_chroot, owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/setgroups w, owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/gid_map w, owner @{PROC}/[0-9]*/uid_map w, @{PROC}/[0-9]*/stat r, ** Attachment removed: "BootDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424858/+files/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment removed: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424877/+files/UdevDb.txt ** Attachment removed: "UdevLog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424878/+files/UdevLog.txt ** Attachment removed: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424861/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment removed: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424870/+files/ProcModules.txt ** Attachment removed: "ProcMaps.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424869/+files/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment removed: "DiskUsage.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1471645/+attachment/4424864/+files/DiskUsage.txt ** Also affects: apparmor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1471645 Title: [trusty] [regression] chromium-browser crashed with SIGABRT in base::debug::BreakDebugger() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/1471645/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs