ksecretd (kwallet6) crashes on every Plasma 6 logout – SIGSEGV in QCA/Botan cleanup

"luca.pedrielli" <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:39:33 +0100
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Hello,

I would like to report a *reproducible crash of ksecretd (kwallet6)*on 
*Debian testing*with *Plasma 6*,

which occurs *on every session logout*.


      Environment

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    Debian testing (fully up to date)


      Observed behavior

At every Plasma session termination (logout), *ksecretd exits with 
SIGSEGV*and produces a core dump.
The crash does *not*occur during normal usage, only during *session 
teardown*(|session-*.scope|).

Ksecretd now crashes *every single logout*, whereas previously it 
happened only sporadically.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490788#c31



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Saluti, Luca Pedrielli

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    <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Hello,</span></p>
    <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>I would like to report a </span><strong><span>reproducible
          crash of ksecretd (kwallet6)</span></strong><span> on </span><strong><span>Debian
          testing</span></strong><span> with </span><strong><span>Plasma
          6</span></strong><span>, </span></p>
    <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>which occurs </span><strong><span>on
          every session logout</span></strong><span>.</span></p>
    <h3><span>Environment</span></h3>
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        <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Debian testing (fully up to date)</span></p>
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    </ul>
    <h3><span>Observed behavior</span></h3>
    <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>At every Plasma session termination
        (logout), </span><strong><span>ksecretd exits with SIGSEGV</span></strong><span>
        and produces a core dump.</span><br>
      <span>The crash does </span><strong><span>not</span></strong><span>
        occur during normal usage, only during </span><strong><span>session
          teardown</span></strong><span> (</span><code><span>session-*.scope</span></code><span>).</span></p>
    <p class="isSelectedEnd">K<span>secretd now crashes </span><strong><span>every
          single logout</span></strong><span>, whereas previously it
        happened only sporadically.</span></p>
    <p><span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490788#c31">https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490788#c31</a></span></p>
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