FS#40914 - [libva] makes flashplugin crash in Firefox

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Johannes E (JohannesE) - Friday, 20 June 2014, 14:10 GMT
Last edited by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Friday, 20 June 2014, 15:19 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Description:
Playing video using the flashplugin is not possible in most cases since the plugin crashes.

Additional info:
dmesg prints:
[ 5301.507845] traps: plugin-containe[954] general protection ip:7fbe19ac1d02 sp:7fffcb9f7610 error:0 in libva.so.1.3501.0[7fbe19abb000+15000]
[ 5312.855187] traps: plugin-containe[1363] general protection ip:7f5fab6c2d02 sp:7fffa0cc7cb0 error:0 in libva.so.1.3501.0[7f5fab6bc000+15000]
[ 5316.355004] traps: plugin-containe[1374] general protection ip:7fde1c3c2d02 sp:7fff0c95fed0 error:0 in libva.so.1.3501.0[7fde1c3bc000+15000]
[ 5329.281016] traps: plugin-containe[1385] general protection ip:7f95a39c2d02 sp:7fff3d7e9910 error:0 in libva.so.1.3501.0[7f95a39bc000+15000]
[16415.285329] traps: plugin-containe[1402] general protection ip:7fe974b9cd02 sp:7fff0ced3c50 error:0 in libva.so.1.3501.0[7fe974b96000+15000]

The problem is already fixed upstream, see
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libva/2014-June/002413.html
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=182805

Applying the suggested patch fixes the problem for me (see attachment).


Steps to reproduce:
Load a flash video in Firefox (e.g. http://spon.de/vgsNz ).
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Closed by  Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Friday, 20 June 2014, 15:19 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  libva 1.3.1-2
Comment by Steven Honeyman (stevenhoneyman) - Friday, 20 June 2014, 14:30 GMT
I can confirm the upstream patch ( http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libva/patch/va/va.c?id=d4988142a3f2256e38c5c5cdcdfc1b4f5f3c1ea9 )
fixes the issue for me too.
Comment by ValdikSS (ValdikSS) - Friday, 20 June 2014, 15:10 GMT
Can confirm too. This fixes  FS#40807 

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