kernel crash
So I have a 1.07 GB json file that I am trying to open. However, the kernel crashes every time I try to run these three lines: 

import pandas as pd
f = open("large json file", "r")
pd.read_json(f)

Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it a defect? 

Python 2.7.3  
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2

**\* glibc detected **\* python: double free or corruption (out): 0x00007fff0d86a480 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x76d76)[0x7fd1b46b2d76]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6c)[0x7fd1b46b7aac]
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas/json.so(JSON_DecodeObject+0x149)[0x7fd1afc35909]
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas/json.so(JSONToObj+0x248)[0x7fd1afc33078]
python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0x69f0)[0x4b2ce0]
python(PyEval_EvalFrameEx+0xaf0)[0x4acde0]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00658000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 2269915                            /usr/bin/python2.7
00857000-00858000 r--p 00257000 08:03 2269915                            /usr/bin/python2.7
00858000-008c1000 rw-p 00258000 08:03 2269915                            /usr/bin/python2.7
008c1000-008d3000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
02075000-036ca000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                                  [heap]
7fd164000000-7fd164021000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
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7fd1aeafb000-7fd1aecfa000 ---p 00009000 08:03 2370198                    /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pandas/_testing.so
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