Hello Luis, or anyone else affected, Accepted policykit-1 into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.105-4ubuntu2.14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to policykit-1 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1417637 Title: Kdeinit4 is leaking memory on every ssh login due to known bug on policykit-1 Status in System policy: Fix Released Status in policykit-1 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in policykit-1 source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in policykit-1 source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Status in policykit-1 source package in Vivid: Fix Released Bug description: A memory leak in policykit causes memory exhaustion over time in kdeinit4. [Test Case] 1- check memory usage of kdeinit4 under htop (RES column) 2- ssh in 3- check to make sure it stays constant [Regression Potential] If the patch is incorrect, policykit could possibly crash. Every time ssh login is made on ubuntu 14.04, kdeinit4 leaks 2-3 Mb (when kde is installed). According to previous bug report in: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271934 this is a bug in policykit-1 package, and it has been already fixed on upstream. Update of policykit-1 should fix this problem on kubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 + Kde. This bug is severe in some specific scenarios where ssh is often used. In my case, I have a lot of scripts running processes every hour between ubuntu and kubuntu machines using passwordless ssh login. In few days kubuntu machines don't have free memory, due to the referred leak. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: policykit-1 0.105-4ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Feb 3 15:33:04 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-26 (494 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902.2) SourcePackage: policykit-1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-14 (294 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/policykit-1/+bug/1417637/+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
