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Several days ago Google Chrome stoped working after an update.
If I start it in the terminal I can see the following output:
[6:6:4528137750:FATAL:sandbox_init_linux.cc(378)] prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) failed: Invalid argument
Any idea how to solve this?
Chrome version: 20.0.1132.47
Ubuntu: 12.04 x64
Kernel: 3.2.0-21-generic #34-Ubuntu
EDIT:
It is possible to start chrome with --no-sandbox switch.
fmanco
Posted 2012-07-03T13:20:34.680
Reputation: 2 287
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After been looking for both Chromium and Linux Kernel sources, I found an incompatibility between the versions stated above in the question.
In the newest versions of the Linux Kernel, the values of PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS and PR_GET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, defined in <linux/prctl.h>, has changed.
The version 20.0.1132.47 of Google Chrome has accomodate that changes but the version 3.2.0-21-generic #34-Ubuntu of the Kernel has not.
So basically the solution is one of the following:
3.2.0-22.35 and newer solves the problem)20.0.1132.47 fmanco
Posted 2012-07-03T13:20:34.680
Reputation: 2 287
Have you tried re-installing chrome? You can get the .deb from https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/?hl=en& and retry.
– hnns – 2012-07-03T13:42:34.637@hnns: Yes. I've reinstalled it but no luck. – fmanco – 2012-07-03T17:32:18.383
I have been looking in the source code of chromium and in the source code of linux kernel and I think there are an incompatibility. The value of
PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVSchanged in kernel and altough it also changed in Chromium I think that in my system either Chrome or Kernel are still using the old value. – fmanco – 2012-07-03T19:25:01.333