sealert command hangs and never returns / setroubleshootd crashes in libgirepository

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When executing sealert -l <id> or sealert -l \*, the command never returns

    # sealert -l \*
... command hangs without printing anything ...

  • Journal shows that setroubleshootd segfaults

    [...] kernel: setroubleshootd[5976]: segfault at 18 ip 00007ff729eb5814 sp 00007ffc247bcb08 error 4 in libgirepository-1.0.so.1.0.0[7ff729ea4000+35000]

  • Journal shows that setroubleshootd could not execute generated code

    [...] setroubleshootd[5976]: could not allocate closure
[...] setroubleshootd[5976]: could not allocate closure

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • sealert
    • setroubleshootd

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