LP:896439 - Server started with skip-innodb crashes on SELECT * FROM INNODB_TABLE_STATS or INNODB_INDEX_STATS

System: Ubuntu 10.04 server with all updates running on Linode VPS
MariaDB Version: '5.2.9-MariaDB-mariadb105~lucid-log'

innodb is disabled (skip-innodb in config)
default_storage_engine is Maria

After installing automysqlbackup from repo and running it manualy, MariaDB crashes and is restarted while backing up information_schema.

Problem is repeatable.

Syslog fragment:

Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [ERROR] mysqld got signal 11 ;
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: This could be because you hit a bug. It is also possible that this binary
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: or one of the libraries it was linked against is corrupt, improperly built,
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: or misconfigured. This error can also be caused by malfunctioning hardware.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: We will try our best to scrape up some info that will hopefully help diagnose
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: the problem, but since we have already crashed, something is definitely wrong
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: and this may fail.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld:
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: key_buffer_size=0
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: read_buffer_size=2097152
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: max_used_connections=1
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: max_threads=102
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: threads_connected=1
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: It is possible that mysqld could use up to
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 627451 K
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: bytes of memory
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Hope that's ok; if not, decrease some variables in the equation.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld:
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Thread pointer: 0xb86b8128
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Attempting backtrace. You can use the following information to find out
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: where mysqld died. If you see no messages after this, something went
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: terribly wrong...
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: stack_bottom = 0xa8d6436c thread_stack 0x30000
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(my_print_stacktrace+0x2d) [0xb75c131d]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(handle_segfault+0x4d4) [0xb71a9bd4]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: [0xf57fe400]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(get_schema_tables_result(JOIN*, enum_schema_table_state)+0x1e3) [0xb72d68d3]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(JOIN::exec()+0x5d3) [0xb722fae3]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(mysql_select(THD*, Item**, TABLE_LIST, unsigned int, List<Item>&, Item*, unsigned int, st_order*, st_order*,
Item*, st_order*, unsigned long long, select_result*, st_select_lex_unit*, st_select_lex*)+0x102) [0xb7231b12]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(handle_select(THD*, st_lex*, select_result*, unsigned long)+0x164) [0xb7232544]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(+0x25618c) [0xb71b618c]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(mysql_execute_command(THD*)+0xfe7) [0xb71b98c7]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(mysql_parse(THD*, char*, unsigned int, char const**)+0x2bf) [0xb71c0e9f]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(dispatch_command(enum_server_command, THD*, char*, unsigned int)+0x101d) [0xb71c239d]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(do_command(THD*)+0x10b) [0xb71c2f7b]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /usr/sbin/mysqld(handle_one_connection+0x168) [0xb71b1758]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0(+0x596e) [0xb6d0996e]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e) [0xb6b52a4e]
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld:
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Trying to get some variables.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Some pointers may be invalid and cause the dump to abort.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Query (0xb880eba0): SELECT /*!40001 SQL_NO_CACHE */ * FROM `INNODB_TABLE_STATS`
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Connection ID (thread ID): 2
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Status: NOT_KILLED
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld:
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: The manual page at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/crashing.html contains
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: information that should help you find out what is causing the crash.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld_safe: Number of processes running now: 0
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld_safe: mysqld restarted
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] PrimeBase XT (PBXT) Engine 1.0.11-7 Pre-GA loaded...
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Paul McCullagh, PrimeBase Technologies GmbH, http://www.primebase.org
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] The server was not shutdown correctly, recovery required
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Plugin 'InnoDB' is disabled.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Recovering after a crash using /var/log/mysql/mariadb-bin
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Starting crash recovery...
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Crash recovery finished.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: 111125 22:52:26 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Nov 25 22:52:26 s3 mysqld: Version: '5.2.9-MariaDB-mariadb105~lucid-log' socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' port: 3306 (MariaDB - http://mariadb.com/)