This appears to no longer be a problem in Ubuntu 14.04 or at least I
have not been able to replicate it in the same way. This is still a
problem for 12.04 however.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575669
Title:
Rapid depletion of entropy pool
Status in “linux” package
Christopher,
Can you explain how the commit you linked to resolves this issue? The
commit seems to place process permissions checks on /proc/pid/stat and
/proc/pid/wchan. I do not see how this affects the available entropy
unless entropy is being depleted by unauthorized processes accessing
those
Christopher,
You did not address my previous question as to why that patch would
resolve this issue.
Am I correct in assuming that you are requesting that I reproduce these
conditions in the unreleased 14.04? It should be noted, if not reflected
in the bug status, that this is still a confirmed b
I just solved this for my system. Hopefully people encountering this
have an existing bootable kernel from before the upgrade. If so, use
that to boot into the system then run:
sudo apt install cryptsetup cryptsetup-initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -c -k [kernel version needing fixing]
eg
sudo up
I just solved this for my system. Hopefully people encountering this
have an existing bootable kernel from before the upgrade. If so, use
that to boot into the system then run:
sudo apt install cryptsetup cryptsetup-initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -c -k [kernel version needing fixing]
eg
sudo up
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