Public bug reported:
When unity application dash attempts to render a malformed desktop entry
file compiz rapidly leaks memory until the system runs out and OOM
killer kills the compiz process. An example of such a file is attached.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04
apt-cache policy compiz
compiz:
Installed: 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt-cache policy unity
unity:
Installed: 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: unity 7.3.2+15.04.20150420-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-43.58-generic 3.16.7-ckt13
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Oct 20 09:00:34 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-20 (152 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-07-07 (104 days ago)
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages vivid
** Attachment added: "Example desktop file. Rename to .desktop"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507922/+attachment/4500868/+files/intel-linux-graphics-installer.disable
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Malformed desktop file causes memory hemmorage
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