Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public ** Tags added: vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487620 Title: wireless treats driver failure as network security refusal Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I've a Lenovo 585 with Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter - this combination leads to frequent driver failures (sudden component shutdowns) with sound and network hardware being the most likely to temporarily abort. (this isn't the first laptop I've seen this problem on either) Every time the hardware crashes and resets, network-manager treats this as a security abort and asks (erroneously) for network credentials. a: this disrupts all running program and puts up a modal dialogue b: this is unnecessary, because above. c: this is a security risk because it will try (under normal circumstances) to hop networks until it finds an open one, and this can put the unit into a secure vulnerable state. I'm happy to help provide more info - this bug hits me anywhere up to several times an hour. recommend : this is a security risk / serious / blocking (fix asap) bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Aug 21 14:20:55 2015 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-28 (692 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" - Release amd64 (20130520) IpRoute: default via 10.253.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static metric 1024 1.1.1.1 via 10.253.0.1 dev wlan0 proto dhcp metric 10 10.253.0.0/16 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.253.0.20 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlan0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 IUGO_STAFF 25f36dd0-8cfa-4336-91a4-2ac49e7c3b4d /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/7 eth0 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- -- virbr0-nic tap unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1487620/+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
