782566 - java.lang.SecurityException: at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java) in Permission Denial: opening provider org.mozilla.gecko.db.PasswordsProvider

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Scoobidiver (away)]

It's #172 top crasher in 14.0.1 and #96 in 15.0b4.

Here is a crash report: bp-535178c3-9794-470f-b08c-bd7032120814.

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.intent.action.SEND typ=text/plain flg=0x3000000 cmp=it.tolelab.fvd/.VideoDownloaderBrowserActivity (has extras) } from ProcessRecord{409c8a70 22005:org.mozilla.firefox_beta/10111} (pid=22005, uid=10111) requires null
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1322)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1276)
	at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.startActivity(ActivityManagerNative.java:1351)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1374)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:2833)
	at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:2959)
	at com.android.internal.app.ResolverActivity.onClick(ResolverActivity.java:220)
	at com.android.internal.app.AlertController$AlertParams$3.onItemClick(AlertController.java:903)
	at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:284)
	at android.widget.ListView.performItemClick(ListView.java:3763)
	at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:1936)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3691)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:847)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:605)
	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

More reports at:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?signature=java.lang.SecurityException%3A+at+android.os.Parcel.readException%28Parcel.java%29

Comment 1

[Scoobidiver (away)]

There have been no crashes after 15.0 for the last four weeks.

Comment 2

[Scoobidiver (away)]

There are a few crashes in 23.0 Beta and 25.0a2 fig.

The new message is:
"Permission Denial: opening provider org.mozilla.gecko.db.PasswordsProvider from ProcessRecord{40a0d848 20146:org.mozilla.firefox/10216} (pid=20146, uid=10216) requires org.mozilla.firefox_beta.permissions.PASSWORD_PROVIDER or org.mozilla.firefox_beta.permissions.PASSWORD_PROVIDER"

Comment 3

[Catalin Suciu [:csuciu]]

I'm able to reproduce this crash on Firefox 25 beta 4 and Acer Iconia A500 running Android 3.2.1

Steps:
1. install an app from marketplace.mozilla.org
2. minimize firefox 
3. start tha app from the home screen shortcut

Result: Firefox crashes

https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-1cc69d3c-85e1-4e4b-aa88-884492131001
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/bp-b023b408-dd33-4e93-8ba5-f66462131001

Not reproducible on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (Android 4.1) and Samsung Galsxy Tab (Android 4.0.4)

Comment 4

[Benjamin Kerensa [:bkerensa]]

Sylvestre,

Do you know if anyone is working on this? Its causing Firefox on Android to crash whenever downloading a pdf

Comment 5

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]:
#12 in 38.0.5. #44 in 39 but I guess it will spike when moving to release.

Benjamin: Dunno.

Richard, is that something you can help with?

Comment 6

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

Do we know it's this bug (passwordsprovider) and not Bug 989057 (browserprovider) or Bug 1031569 (external intent)?

Comment 2 indicates that this is a collision between release and beta on the same device, just like Bug 989057. Nick probably has thoughts on that.

Comment 7

[Liz Henry (:lizzard)]

Just tried this out from beta, since I have both release and beta on my Nexus 5. I didn't hit the crash though.

Comment 8

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

This bug (as redefined by Comment 2) is not a topcrash; there is no way that we have enough users running both Beta and Release and in some broken state in order to cause this.

I'm pretty sure Comment 4 is about Bug 1031569, not this bug. If anything should track it should be that one, unless someone wants to run some crashstats queries to prove me wrong.

Comment 9

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him] (PTO August 22-September 12)]

(In reply to Richard Newman [:rnewman] from comment #6)
> Do we know it's this bug (passwordsprovider) and not Bug 989057
> (browserprovider) or Bug 1031569 (external intent)?
> 
> Comment 2 indicates that this is a collision between release and beta on the
> same device, just like Bug 989057. Nick probably has thoughts on that.

I wish I did have thoughts on this, but I can't mine crash-stats at all.  I can't find a single instance of the cross-matched release/beta issue that we theorize in Bug 989057.

However, looking at https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in#448 and http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/provider-element.html suggests that /all/ of our ContentProvider's are exported="false".  (That's good.)  But they could still be shared in the same process.  I think we want to make the provider name itself depend on the package as well.

Comment 10

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