[Bug 2097496] Re: libglib: Crash due to infinite recursion in MIME subclassing

[Daniel van Vugt]

** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues #2833
   https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2833

** Also affects: glib via
   https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2833
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Tags added: fixed-in-glib-2.79.0 fixed-upstream jammy

** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Oracular)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Plucky)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: Fix Released

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Oracular)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Noble)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Jammy)
    Milestone: None => jammy-updates

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Jammy)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Jammy)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Noble)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Oracular)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu Plucky)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Tags added: desktop-needs-sru

** Description changed:

  There's an infinite recursion in MIME resolution bug which affects
  processes using gio to resolve certain MIME types.  In my case, tracker-
  miner-fs-3 has been crashing in a loop for weeks due to this issue.
  
  I reported the issue to the GLib maintainers here:
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3601
  
  The fix is given here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3714
- The backport to 2.7 is here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3718
+ The backport to 2.78 is here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3718
  
  I'm requesting the fix be backported into ubuntu.  Thank you for your
  consideration!
  
- ➜  ~ lsb_release -rd        
+ ➜  ~ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
  Release:	22.04
  
- 
  ➜  ~ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-0
  libglib2.0-0:
-   Installed: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
-   Candidate: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
-   Version table:
-  *** 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4 500
-         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
-         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      2.72.1-1 500
-         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
+   Installed: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
+   Candidate: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
+   Version table:
+  *** 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4 500
+         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
+         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      2.72.1-1 500
+         500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

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Title:
  libglib: Crash due to infinite recursion in MIME subclassing

Status in GLib:
  Unknown
Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in glib2.0 source package in Jammy:
  Triaged
Status in glib2.0 source package in Noble:
  Fix Released
Status in glib2.0 source package in Oracular:
  Fix Released
Status in glib2.0 source package in Plucky:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  There's an infinite recursion in MIME resolution bug which affects
  processes using gio to resolve certain MIME types.  In my case,
  tracker-miner-fs-3 has been crashing in a loop for weeks due to this
  issue.

  I reported the issue to the GLib maintainers here:
  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3601

  The fix is given here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3714
  The backport to 2.78 is here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3718

  I'm requesting the fix be backported into ubuntu.  Thank you for your
  consideration!

  ➜  ~ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
  Release:	22.04

  ➜  ~ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-0
  libglib2.0-0:
    Installed: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
    Candidate: 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4
    Version table:
   *** 2.72.4-0ubuntu2.4 500
          500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2.72.1-1 500
          500 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

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