#1144655 minidlna crashes while using with a home entertainment device

Package:
minidlna
Source:
minidlna
Description:
lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server targeted at embedded systems
Submitter:
Dirk Bäumler
Date:
2026-08-17 17:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1144655#5
Date:
2026-08-17 17:50:04 UTC
From:
To:
package: minidlna

version: 1.3.3+dfsg-1.1


Dear Maintainer,

I am running a NAS with Openmediavault 8.5.6-1 (Debian 13.6)
Kernel 7.1.3+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 7.1.3-1~bpo13+1
(2026-07-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux
minidlna
Hardware: HP Microserver Gen 8

 From time to time while using it with an Hifi Media Player, minidlna
crashes with the following error messages:

|Aug 16 11:32:25 nwspeicher systemd[1]: Started minidlna.service -
MiniDLNA lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server.
Aug 16 11:41:46 nwspeicher minidlnad[9173]: minidlnad: upnpevents.c:333:
upnp_event_prepare: Assertion obj->sub' failed.
Aug 16 11:41:46 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Main process
exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Aug 16 11:41:46 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Failed with
result 'signal'.
Aug 16 11:41:46 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Consumed
45.251s CPU time, 1.7G memory peak.
Aug 16 11:47:46 nwspeicher systemd[1]: Started minidlna.service -
MiniDLNA lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher minidlnad[12357]: minidlnad:
upnpevents.c:333: upnp_event_prepare: Assertion obj->sub' failed.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Main process
exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Failed with
result 'signal'.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Consumed 8.780s
CPU time, 69.7M memory peak." und " systemctl status minidlna --no-pager
× minidlna.service - MiniDLNA lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; enabled;
preset: enabled)
      Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sun 2026-08-16 12:14:26
CEST; 1min 46s ago
    Duration: 26min 40.022s
  Invocation: 2e2e50e305e341ed97975a16c100f91f
        Docs: man:minidlnad(1)
man:minidlna.conf(5)
     Process: 12357 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minidlnad -f $CONFIGFILE -P
/run/minidlna/minidlna.pid -S $DAEMON_OPTS (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
    Main PID: 12357 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
    Mem peak: 69.7M
         CPU: 8.780s

Aug 16 11:47:46 nwspeicher systemd[1]: Started minidlna.service -
MiniDLNA lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher minidlnad[12357]: minidlnad:
upnpevents.c:333: upnp_event_prepare: Assertion obj->sub' failed.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Main process
exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Failed with
result 'signal'.
Aug 16 12:14:26 nwspeicher systemd[1]: minidlna.service: Consumed 8.780s
CPU time, 69.7M memory peak.


I would be very grateful if you could fix this issue.
Best regards
Dirk|||