gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in meta_wayland_compositor_get_context() from display_from_offer() from data_offer_receive() from ffi_call_unix64()

StacktraceTop:
 meta_wayland_compositor_get_context (compositor=0x0) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland.c:863
 display_from_offer (offer=0x5616298fb650) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland-data-offer.c:45
 data_offer_receive (client=<optimized out>, resource=<optimized out>, mime_type=0x5616239f3acc "text/html", fd=164) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland-data-offer.c:97
 ffi_call_unix64 () at ../src/x86/unix64.S:104
 ffi_call_int (cif=cif@entry=0x7ffccd9557d0, fn=<optimized out>, rvalue=<optimized out>, avalue=<optimized out>, closure=closure@entry=0x0) at ../src/x86/ffi64.c:673

Thanks for the bug report. Next time the bug occurs, please run:

  journalctl -b0 > journal.txt
  dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/ > settings.txt

and attach the resulting text files here.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

StacktraceTop:
 meta_wayland_compositor_get_context (compositor=0x0) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland.c:863
 display_from_offer (offer=0x5616298fb650) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland-data-offer.c:45
 data_offer_receive (client=<optimized out>, resource=<optimized out>, mime_type=0x5616239f3acc "text/html", fd=164) at ../src/wayland/meta-wayland-data-offer.c:97
 ffi_call_unix64 () at ../src/x86/unix64.S:104
 ffi_call_int (cif=cif@entry=0x7ffccd9557d0, fn=<optimized out>, rvalue=<optimized out>, avalue=<optimized out>, closure=closure@entry=0x0) at ../src/x86/ffi64.c:673

See also bug 2012230

Incomplete pending feedback on comment #3.

Tracking in https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/d5250000586b43c9aeae86d5c9c7bb28ba925afb

I posted a question here https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+question/706514 to see if I could understand the timeline around a fix for this issue.

This bug was fixed in the package mutter - 44.1-1ubuntu1

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mutter (44.1-1ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian (LP: #2020225, LP: #2012100, LP: #2012717,
    LP: #2013216, LP: #2019225, LP: #2006044, LP: #2015861, LP: #1999578,
    LP: #2011251, LP: #2016308)
  * Remaining changes:
    - Add x11-Add-support-for-fractional-scaling-using-Randr.patch
    - Add window-Add-ability-to-override-the-edge-constraints.patch
      + Make possible for extensions (such as Tiling Assistant) to override
        window constraints. (LP: #2007710, #2011611)

mutter (44.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  [ Jeremy Bícha ]
  * New upstream release
  * Drop bash patch applied in new release
  * debian/libmutter-12-0.symbols: Add new symbols

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * Update triple buffering patch for Mutter 44.1

  [ Marco Trevisan (Treviño) ]
  * Fix issue with Firefox opening black window in wayland sessions
    - Add d/p/display-Set-compositor-selection-earlier-on-XWayland.patch
      (LP: #1987976)

 -- Jeremy Bícha <email address hidden> Fri, 19 May 2023 16:24:49 -0400

I see gnome-shell and mutter 44.1 packages in lunar-proposed.

Is it a good idea to give them a try?

Yes, if you know how to safely.

I'm not sure if there's a better place to report this, but the lunar-proposed mutter related packages seem to be stable here and I can't reproduce the DnD crash.