Firefox 57 segfaults

[Jaap Boender <jaapb%kerguelen.org@localhost>]

Hi,

Since upgrading to firefox 57, I keep running into the same problem when 
starting it: I get a segfault after a few seconds. (The main window 
briefly shows up, but then gets removed when the program crashes).

Here are the last few lines of output:
---
Assertion failure: i < NUM_TEST_EV_ROOTS (Could not find built-in EV 
root), at 
/usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-57.0/security/certverifier/ExtendedValidation.cpp:1237
[Parent 12974, Main Thread] WARNING: NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv) failed 
with result 0x80070057: file 
/usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-57.0/netwerk/base/nsChannelClassifier.cpp, 
line 342
#01: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0xdf60eb]
#02: DumpBidiLine[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so +0x411de65]
#03: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0xea9e36]
#04: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0xeaf644]
#05: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x122f421]
#06: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb72b]
#07: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb6be]
#08: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb697]
#09: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0xea87fe]
#10: PR_Select[/usr/pkg/lib/nspr/libnspr4.so +0x282e6]
#11: __libc_thr_exit[/usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 +0xc1df]
#12: _lwp_exit[/usr/lib/libc.so.12 +0x85a80]

Hit MOZ_CRASH(Aborting on channel error.) at 
/usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-57.0/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp:2543
Segmentation fault
#01: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x122bd39]
#02: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x122e300]
#03: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x120bf25]
#04: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fd5c3]
#05: event_priority_init[/usr/lib/libevent.so.4 +0x3a659]
#06: event_base_loop[/usr/lib/libevent.so.4 +0x3b0ef]
#07: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fdabf]
#08: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb72b]
#09: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb6be]
#10: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x11fb697]
#11: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x1205310]
#12: 
mozilla::VolatileBuffer::~VolatileBuffer()[/usr/pkg/lib/firefox/libxul.so 
+0x1200240]
#13: __libc_thr_exit[/usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 +0xc1df]
#14: _lwp_exit[/usr/lib/libc.so.12 +0x85a80]
---

Before the segfault, I see messages of this type:
---
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: 
(msgtype=0x150080,name=PBrowser::Msg_LoadRemoteScript) Channel error: 
cannot send/recv

[Parent 3738, Main Thread] WARNING: 
NS_ENSURE_TRUE(mCallback->DoLoadMessageManagerScript(aURL, 
aRunInGlobalScope)) failed: file 
/usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-57.0/dom/base/nsFrameMessageManager.cpp, 
line 376
---

This is under 8.0-BETA for amd64; I'm compiling with the default package 
options (dbus, oss) plus debug.

Firefox 56 used to run more or less OK, though it sometimes needed a few 
tries to get started.

Has anyone seen similar errors, or have an idea how to fix this?

best

  Jaap
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