desktop-packages team mailing list archive

[Chris J Arges <1417637@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for policykit-1 has
completed successfully and the package has now been released to
-updates.  Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being
unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report.  In
the event that you encounter a regression using the package from
-updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report
regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
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 Released
Status in policykit-1 source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
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