Comment 18 for bug 286119

Can I add that I have just started experiencing the same problem since upgrading from 8.04LTS to 8.10. This is incredibly infuriating and we surely can't be the only users experiencing this!

Linux bedroom 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:12:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/firefox: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x00007fc88c034c60 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7fc8ab2f8938]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x76)[0x7fc8ab2faf86]
/usr/lib/libtalloc.so.1(talloc_free+0x128)[0x7fc89a02fb88]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2[0x7fc89b282f48]
/usr/lib/libtalloc.so.1(talloc_free+0x232)[0x7fc89a02fc92]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(alloc_sub_basic+0x8e9)[0x7fc89b2aacb2]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(talloc_sub_basic+0x24)[0x7fc89b2ab21d]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2[0x7fc89b1fabe9]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(lp_lockdir+0x1e)[0x7fc89b1fba93]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(lock_path+0x9)[0x7fc89b2a5922]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(receive_unexpected+0x2c)[0x7fc89b250321]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(receive_nmb_packet+0x3b)[0x7fc89b252d2e]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(name_query+0x303)[0x7fc89b255530]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(_nss_wins_gethostbyname_r+0x2c8)[0x7fc89b1f8202]
/lib/libnss_wins.so.2(_nss_wins_gethostbyname2_r+0x2b)[0x7fc89b1f8484]
/lib/libc.so.6[0x7fc8ab34cf73]
/lib/libc.so.6(getaddrinfo+0x1de)[0x7fc8ab34e96e]
/usr/lib/libnspr4.so.0d(PR_GetAddrInfoByName+0x108)[0x7fc8aa9a6828]
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libxul.so[0x7fc8a9ab250a]
/usr/lib/libnspr4.so.0d[0x7fc8aa9b2dc3]
/lib/libpthread.so.0[0x7fc8abfa63ea]
/lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7fc8ab365c6d]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00408000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 42675 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/firefox
00608000-00609000 r--p 00008000 08:01 42675 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/firefox
00609000-0060a000 rw-p 00009000 08:01 42675 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/firefox
01d56000-0609b000 rw-p 01d56000 00:00 0 [heap]
40881000-40882000 ---p 40881000 00:00 0
40882000-41082000 rw-p 40882000 00:00 0
41150000-41151000 ---p 41150000 00:00 0
41151000-41951000 rw-p 41151000 00:00 0
419d2000-419d3000 ---p 419d2000 00:00 0
419d3000-421d3000 rw-p 419d3000 00:00 0
421d3000-421d4000 ---p 421d3000 00:00 0
421d4000-429d4000 rw-p 421d4000 00:00 0
429d4000-429d5000 ---p 429d4000 00:00 0
429d5000-431d5000 rw-p 429d5000 00:00 0
431d5000-431d6000 ---p 431d5000 00:00 0
431d6000-439d6000 rw-p 431d6000 00:00 0
439d6000-439d7000 ---p 439d6000 00:00 0
439d7000-441d7000 rw-p 439d7000 00:00 0
441d7000-441d8000 ---p 441d7000 00:00 0
441d8000-449d8000 rw-p 441d8000 00:00 0
449d8000-449d9000 ---p 449d8000 00:00 0
449d9000-451d9000 rw-p 449d9000 00:00 0
451d9000-451da000 ---p 451d9000 00:00 0
451da000-459da000 rw-p 451da000 00:00 0
459da000-459db000 ---p 459da000 00:00 0
459db000-461db000 rw-p 459db000 00:00 0
7fc88c000000-7fc88c120000 rw-p 7fc88c000000 00:00 0
7fc88c120000-7fc890000000 ---p 7fc88c120000 00:00 0
7fc893740000-7fc8937c9000 r--p 00000000 08:01 29029 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
7fc8937c9000-7fc8937cb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 10343 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so
7fc8937cb000-7fc8939cb000 ---p 00002000 08:01 10343 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so
7fc8939cb000-7fc8939cc000 r--p 00002000 08:01 10343 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so
7fc8939cc000-7fc8939cd000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 10343 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libunixprintplugin.so
7fc8939cd000-7fc8939d2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 21012 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libnullplugin.so
7fc8939d2000-7fc893bd1000 ---p 00005000 08:01 21012 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libnullplugin.so
7fc893bd1000-7fc893bd2000 r--p 00004000 08:01 21012 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libnullplugin.so
7fc893bd2000-7fc893bd3000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 21012 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/libnullplugin.so
7fc893bd3000-7fc893be3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 57237 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
7fc893be3000-7fc893de3000 ---p 00010000 08:01 57237 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
7fc893de3000-7fc893de4000 r--p 00010000 08:01 57237 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
7fc893de4000-7fc893de5000 rw-p 00011000 08:01 57237 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-mully-plugin.so
7fc893de5000-7fc893dfe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 56810 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
7fc893dfe000-7fc893ffe000 ---p 00019000 08:01 56810 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
7fc893ffe000-7fc893fff000 r--p 00019000 08:01 56810 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
7fc893fff000-7fc894000000 rw-p 0001a000 08:01 56810 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-gmp-plugin.so
7fc894000000-7fc894080000 rw-p 7fc894000000 00:00 0
7fc894080000-7fc898000000 ---p 7fc894080000 00:00 0
7fc89804f000-7fc89806f000 r--p 00000000 08:01 38834 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-liberation/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf
7fc89806f000-7fc89807f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 56797 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
7fc89807f000-7fc89827f000 ---p 00010000 08:01 56797 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
7fc89827f000-7fc898280000 r--p 00010000 08:01 56797 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
7fc898280000-7fc898281000 rw-p 00011000 08:01 56797 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-basic-plugin.so
7fc898281000-7fc898283000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 35390 /usr/lib/libtotem-plparser-mini.so.12.0.3
7fc898283000-7fc898483000 ---p 00002000 08:01 35390 /usr/lib/libtotem-plparser-mini.so.12.0.3
7fc898483000-7fc898484000 r--p 00002000 08:01 35390 /usr/lib/libtotem-plparser-mini.so.12.0.3
7fc898484000-7fc898485000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 35390 /usr/lib/libtotem-plparser-mini.so.12.0.3
7fc898498000-7fc8984aa000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 57239 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
7fc8984aa000-7fc8986aa000 ---p 00012000 08:01 57239 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
7fc8986aa000-7fc8986ab000 r--p 00012000 08:01 57239 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
7fc8986ab000-7fc8986ac000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 57239 /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so
7fc8986ac000-7fc8986ad000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 81150 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
7fc8986ad000-7fc8988ac000 ---p 00001000 08:01 81150 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
7fc8988ac000-7fc8988ad000 r--p 00000000 08:01 81150 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
7fc8988ad000-7fc8988ae000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 81150 /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
7fc8988ae000-7fc8988b2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 108631 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.90.so
7fc8988b2000-7fc898ab2000 ---p 00004000 08:01 108631 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.90.so
7fc898ab2000-7fc898ab3000 r--p 00004000 08:01 108631 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.90.so
7fc898ab3000-7fc898ab4000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 108631 /lib/libnss_dns-2.8.90.so
7fc898ab4000-7fc898ab6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2417 /lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
7fc898ab6000-7fc898cb5000 ---p 00002000 08:01 2417 /lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
7fc898cb5000-7fc898cb6000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 2417 /lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
7fc898cb6000-7fc898cbb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 8041 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0
7fc898cbb000-7fc898ebb000 ---p 00005000 08:01 8041 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0
7fc898ebb000-7fc898ebc000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 8041 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0
7fc898ebc000-7fc898f11000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 35605 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11
7fc898f11000-7fc899111000 ---p 00055000 08:01 35605 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11
7fc899111000-7fc899116000 r--p 00055000 08:01 35605 /usr/lib/libspi.so.0.10.11
7fc8991160Aborted