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Public bug reported:

Vim crashes often with SIGSEGV on function eval_variable().

This is a known bug that affects versions before 9.1.1242 caused by
wrong string len calculation.

https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/16895

Which was patched in .1242:

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/06774a271a7d728f188175340154361255d6b0a4

The crash could happen randomly after few minutes or an hour, so is a
bit annoying.

I know that Ubuntu has the policy to almost never update a package after it has been released,
but maybe in this case it would be possible to at least cherry pick that specific patch
and apply it, due to the severity of the bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-15.15-generic 6.14.0
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue May 27 09:36:02 2025
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-04-23 (34 days ago)

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky wayland-session

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2111781

Title:
  vim-gtk3 9.1 crashes with SIGSEGV  on eval_variable()

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Vim crashes often with SIGSEGV on function eval_variable().

  This is a known bug that affects versions before 9.1.1242 caused by
  wrong string len calculation.

  https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/16895

  Which was patched in .1242:

  https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/06774a271a7d728f188175340154361255d6b0a4

  The crash could happen randomly after few minutes or an hour, so is a
  bit annoying.

  I know that Ubuntu has the policy to almost never update a package after it has been released,
  but maybe in this case it would be possible to at least cherry pick that specific patch
  and apply it, due to the severity of the bug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-15.15-generic 6.14.0
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue May 27 09:36:02 2025
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-04-23 (34 days ago)

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