1370091 - Crash in mozilla::ipc::CheckChildProcessBuildID

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1366808

(Core :: IPC, defect)

Description

[[:philipp]]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-fe99bfa1-08d0-49de-ad84-74b3e0170603.
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Crashing Thread (1), Name: Gecko_IOThread
Frame 	Module 	Signature 	Source
0 	libxul.so 	mozilla::ipc::CheckChildProcessBuildID 	ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp:1041
1 	libxul.so 	libxul.so@0xc4c512 	
2 	libxul.so 	mozilla::ipc::MessageChannel::OnMessageReceivedFromLink(IPC::Message&&) 	
3 	libxul.so 	mozilla::ipc::ProcessLink::OnMessageReceived 	ipc/glue/MessageLink.cpp:264
4 	libxul.so 	IPC::Channel::ChannelImpl::ProcessIncomingMessages 	ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc:559
5 	libxul.so 	IPC::Channel::ChannelImpl::OnFileCanReadWithoutBlocking 	ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc:800
6 	libxul.so 	event_process_active_single_queue.isra.55 	
7 	libxul.so 	event_base_loop 	
8 	libxul.so 	base::MessagePumpLibevent::Run(base::MessagePump::Delegate*) 	
9 	libxul.so 	MessageLoop::Run() 	
10 	libxul.so 	base::Thread::ThreadMain 	ipc/chromium/src/base/thread.cc:180
11 	libxul.so 	ThreadFunc 	ipc/chromium/src/base/platform_thread_posix.cc:38
Ø 12 	libpthread-2.19.so 	libpthread-2.19.so@0x8063 	
Ø 13 	libc-2.19.so 	libc-2.19.so@0xe862c

crashes with this signature mainly from linux and macos installations started happening in firefox 55.0a1. they are happening with "MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT(parentBuildID == childBuildID)" that got added in bug 1345978.