consistent CCLabelTTF crash on Android with libMali.so

signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 50003f26
Stack frame #00 pc 00013e16 /system/lib/libc.so
Stack frame #01 pc 000145ce /system/lib/libc.so
Stack frame #02 pc 00015188 /system/lib/libMali.so
Stack frame #03 pc 0000c7d8 /system/lib/libMali.so
Stack frame #04 pc 00c6f6e8 /mnt/asec/com.stl.puzzlehero-1/lib/libgame.so: Routine initWithData in /Users/zeyangl/puzzleHero/libs//cocos2dx/textures/CCTexture2D.cpp:209

I get this consistently whenever I have “” in my CCLabelTTF. Feels like a bug in the driver but perhaps 2dx could do something to get around it? I’m testing on two low end Android devices from different manufacturers, both have the same bug.