Looking at the util-linux source it seems that this could arise if: 1. opening /dev/urandom succeeds; and, 2. a subsequent read() fails
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708635 Title: Valgrind reports " Uninitialised value was created by a stack allocation" in __uuid_generate_random Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This has shown up in lp:mir CI on Artful amd64 (and no other architecture or series we're using) For example: https://mir-jenkins.ubuntu.com/job/build-2-binpkg- mir/arch=amd64,compiler=gcc,platform=mesa,release=artful/4870/consoleFull Marking the memory with VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED() suppresses the error. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1708635/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp