Closed Bug 768375 Opened 12 years ago Closed 3 years ago

crash in nsDocShell::RestoreFromHistory

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
critical

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Tracking Status
firefox61 --- wontfix
firefox63 --- affected

People

(Reporter: sbadau, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: crash)

Crash Data

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-02cdd1ee-23ca-4a6f-bb65-c79c32120626 .
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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1
Hit this while trying to reproduce another crash (Bug 768002).

Reproducible: always
Steps to reproduce
1. Navigate to a site that tests the java applet:
http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/object/java/
2. Select any of the tests and click very fast on the Back/Forward buttons several times (until Firefox crashes).

Expected results:
Page loading should move back and forward through history as expected.

Actual result:
Firefox crashes.

Note: This crash seems to be specific to Windows OSs, most crashes seem to occur in Firefox 13.0.1, but present since Firefox 9.0.1.
Component: Plug-ins → Document Navigation
QA Contact: plugins → docshell
Reproducible on latest Nightly and beta - crash reports:
* Nightly: https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-68451ff6-4b4f-4bb2-97c2-586c32120912
* 16beta3: https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-c6f9b813-00a5-40a8-9cac-9dcb52120912

Steps: 
1. Go to Google and search for "silverlight games"
2. Click on the first link in the list (Play free Silverlight games on Mashooo - http://www.google.ro/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mashooo.com%2F&ei=TppQUJDUDM7PsgalooCIDA&usg=AFQjCNHRW9TRqwQ9yYTxEvSdxbqVH1QjPw)
3. After page loading finishes, press browser back button several times

Result: Firefox crashes
Crash Signature: [@ nsDocShell::RestoreFromHistory()] → [@ nsDocShell::RestoreFromHistory()] [@ nsDocShell::RestoreFromHistory]
I just experienced that on nightly on mac
bp-63513212-21b3-46ce-958f-bfae10180627#tab-bugzilla
I had the crash on stickermule.
OS: Windows XP → All
Version: 13 Branch → Trunk

Following the reporter's steps I am able to confirm that the issues doesn't happen anymore on Windows 10 on any of the current versions of Firefox Nightly 87.0a1 (2021-02-23), beta 86.0 and release 85.0.2. No crashes occur under the given test case.

Closing this issue as Resolved > Worksforme.
Feel free to re-open or file a new bug if this issue reoccurs again.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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